St. Louis—The No. 8 and top seeded University of Missouri-St. Louis women's soccer team held on to defeat eighth seeded Lewis in the quarterfinal round of the Great Lakes Valley Conference women's soccer tournament at Don Dallas Field on Saturday evening. The Tritons are now 14-1-3, while Lewis finishes the season 7-8-3.
Maddy Kuhn scored the contest's lone goal in the 34
th minute.
Taylor Martin found Kuhn outside the 18-yard-box where she lofted a ball into the top left corner, just inside the far post. The goal was Kuhn's fifth of the season.
The Tritons almost added another in the 59
th minute when
Ella Anselm sent the ball ringing off the crossbar.
Josie Maddox got to the rebound, but a Flyer blocked her shot.
Lewis nearly answered in the 89
th minute when the Flyers found space on the far side and found themselves in a one on one with
Allysa Wolf, who came off her line to close the angle and block the shot.
As time expired, Lewis had a final shot, but the ball was still in the air when the clock hit zero.
Wolf had three saves in the contest with UMSL outshooting the Flyers 18-6 and 7-3 in shots on target. Maddox and
Rachel Skyberg led the Tritons with four shots, each with one on target.
Ella Hickam had three shots, all on target.
The Tritons play the winner of Maryville/Quincy on Thursday (Nov. 5) at 4 p.m. at the Lake Country Soccer Field in Springfield, Mo.
