Indiana Wesleyan University

MARION, Ind. - No. 3 Indiana Wesleyan Women's Soccer welcomed Mount Vernon Nazarene on Wednesday for its first of three home games. IWU held its annual Breast Cancer Awareness Game by partnering with Pink Ribbon Good and wearing pink jerseys in honor of those who are fighting and have fought breast cancer. The Wildcats took down the Cougars in commanding fashion, 5-0. Avery Williams tallied two of the five goals and each of the five goals was assisted. IWU will celebrate Senior Day on Saturday with a match against Saint Francis.

Carlie Grosser scored the first goal of the match in the 30th minute. Avery Sluss recorded her first career assist on the goal after punting the ball deep down field followed by a touch pass from Alyssa Hamann to Grosser. In the 39th minute, Sydney Couch blocked a ball that would have scored to keep it 1-0 in favor of IWU. Hamann picked up a goal of her own near the end of the half on a corner kick from fellow senior, Anna Pettitt. After halftime, the Wildcats extended the lead even further with a Avery Williams goal assisted by Katelyn VanderArk. Ten minutes later, Sydney Couch recorded her 5th goal of the season on another Anna Pettitt corner kick. To cap it off, Williams scored her second goal of the match in the 85th minute. 



THE ESSENTIALS

• Location: Marion, Ind. | IWU Soccer Field
• Records: IWU: 12-1-2 (4-1-1) | MVNU: 5-6-2 (2-4-0)
• NAIA Top 25 Poll: IWU - #3 | MVNU - Unranked

• Sophomore Carlie Grosser scored the first goal on a deep ball by Avery Sluss that was headed by Alyssa Hamann in the 30th minute.
• Alyssa Hamann moved into the lop spot in the Crossroads with her 13th goal of the season in the 40th minute.
• Katelyn VanderArk assisted Avery Williams in the 56th minute for William's first goal of the game.
• Senior midfielder Sydney Couch scored in her second consecutive game after a corner from Anna Pettitt in the 66th minute of play.
• Williams bookended the second half with the final goal and her second, assisted by freshman Alanna Jordan.

• 11: The Wildcats have now produced 11 shutouts this season after their efforts today.
• 1: Avery Sluss picked up her first career assist on Grosser's goal.
• 20: Sophomore Avery Williams scored her 20th career goal with her second in the match.

• "I think we played really well today. We've been working a lot on our off ball movement and it was really evident tonight in the goals we scored," said midfielder Tylar Whitaker. "Coach Shay also emphasized playing for a bigger cause tonight, and I think we were able to carry that message onto the field with this big win. It was super special for me to see the money raised for this cause because my mom had breast cancer. I've seen first hand how that can affect families and it was awesome to use our game to help raise awareness for breast cancer."

• The Wildcats face the University of Saint Francis on Saturday and will celebrate Senior Day.
• Links for tickets, video, and stats are available at IWUWildcats.com.

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