St. Norbert Kicks Past Ripon

From Asst. AD/Athletics Communications, October 17, 2018 | Women's Soccer
by Dan Lukes, dan.lukes@snc.edu, (920) 403-4077

RIPON - St. Norbert College won its third consecutive match as the Green Knights rolled to a 5-2 win over Ripon College in a Midwest Conference win at Prairie Field.

The Green Knights (5-9, 4-2 MWC) led 2-0 and then boosted their advantage to 4-0 early in the second half and cruised to the win. The victory was crucial to St. Norbert's MWC Tournament qualifying hopes, as Ripon fell to 6-8-1, 4-3.

Hanna Lech got things started with an unassisted goal at 16:32, her third goal of the season. Dana Schwab followed with her sixth goal of the year, coming off an assist from Lech at 27:07, for a 2-0 lead the Green Knights would carry into halftime.

Madalyn Sanderfoot then gave St. Norbert a big boost with a pair of goals early in the second half. Lech set up Sanderfoot with the first goal, at 49:05, while Monica Stephans assisted on the next goal, coming at 52:53.

Ripon cut into the deficit with a goal by Brianna Schnell at 78:22 and a marker from Jacie Verstegen at 81:14. But St. Norbert salted away the win with another goal by Sanderfoot, who registered the hat trick off another assist from Lech, scoring at 87:07. Sanderfoot now has nine goals on the year.

St. Norbert outshot Ripon 21-14 and held an 8-6 advantage in corner kicks. Ally Magiera made 10 saves for the Green Knights, while a pair of Ripon goalkeepers turned away 10 shots for the Red Hawks.