Jefferson City, Mo. – The University of Missouri-St. Louis women's soccer team extended a pair of streaks with its 2-0 win over Lincoln on Wednesday evening at Capital City High School in Jefferson City, Mo. The Tritons improve to 9-1-2, 8-0-1 GLVC while the Blue Tigers fall to 3-7-1, 2-6-1 GLVC.
UMSL extended its unbeaten streak to 11 and its winning streak to six.
The Tritons scored in the first five minutes for the second straight game as
Maddie Clark scored on a cross from
Josie Maddox for her second goal of the season 4:37 into the contest. Maddox brought the ball down the left-hand side of the pitch and crossed it to the near post to a trailing Clark who knocked it home for the game-winner.
UMSL appeared to have a second goal in the 13th minute scoring off a corner kick but the goal was waved off due to offsides.
The Tritons outshot Lincoln 11-1 including 6-1 in shots on goal in the first 45 minutes.
The Blue Tigers had a chance at the equalizer in the 57th minute but Leah Serritos' shot from the top of the box missed.
UMSL got its insurance goal 72 seconds later as
Ella Anselm took a shot from inside the penalty area that was deflected by Kanon Dehama but the loose ball fell right to Maddox and she put home the rebound for her third goal of the season.
With her three points in the contest, Maddox moves into 17th place on the school's all-time scoring list with 52 points.
Dehama kept Lincoln in the contest making a career-high 15 saves.
Lincoln wouldn't go quietly in the final 30 minutes as it forced
Allysa Wolf to make a couple of saves as she and
Grace Hastert combined for the Tritons third straight clean sheet.
UMSL finished the game with a 29-5 advantage in shots including 17-3 in shots on goal and held a 12-2 advantage in corner kicks.
The Tritons are back at home this Saturday (Oct. 10) hosting Rockhurst at 4:30 p.m. at Don Dallas Field. UMSL will honor its nine seniors after the contest.
