Indiana Wesleyan University

WASHINGTON, Mich. - No. 5 Indiana Wesleyan Women's Soccer was hosted by Rochester Christian on Wednesday afternoon up in eastern Michigan. IWU took down the Warriors by a score of 5-0, tallying their season high in goals. Five different Wildcats recorded a goal in the match, including Breena Ireland who scored her first career goal.

Alyssa Hamann found the back of the net first in the 11th minute assisted by Dylan Gonzalez. 8 minutes of action later, Aliyah Denton extended the lead and Hamann picked up the assist. The Wildcats came out of halftime firing as Katelyn VanderArk put one in off a Sam Anderson corner 40 seconds into the second half. The fourth goal came off the foot of Avery Williams in the 65th minute for her first of the season. Only a couple minutes later, Williams assisted Breena Ireland for her first collegiate goal. Indiana Wesleyan looks ahead to their biggest match of the year against No. 1 Cumberlands (Ky.).


THE ESSENTIALS

• Location: Washington, Mich. | Michigan Stars Complex
• Records: IWU: 5-0-0 (0-0-0) | RCU: 1-4-0 (0-0-0)
• NAIA Top-25 Poll: IWU - #5 | RCU – Unranked

• Alyssa Hamann opened the scoring in the 11th minute assisted by Dylan Gonzalez.
• Aliyah Denton scored the next one in the 19th minute as Hamann picked up the assist.
• Under a minute into the second half, Katelyn VanderArk bodied a ball past the keeper to make it 3-0.
• IWU's leading scorer from a year ago, Avery Williams, scored her first of 2026 in the 65th minute.
• For the 5th and final goal, Williams passed to freshman Breena Ireland who put it in the back of the net.

• 38: IWU fired off 38 shots on Rochester, a season high.
• 3: Both Avery Williams and Alyssa Hamann collected 3 points with a goal and an assist.
• 5: The Wildcats posted 5 goals marking their season high for 2026.

• "It's such a blessing to be able to play alongside my teammates and to be able to glorify the Lord at the same time, both of which I can't succeed without," said freshman Breena Ireland. "It was exciting to be able to score especially with my family watching back at home."

• The Wildcats will match up with the no. 1 team in the NAIA, Cumberlands (Ky.), on Saturday, September 5th at 1:00 PM.
• Links for tickets, stats, and video are available at IWUWildcats.com.

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