BELOIT, Wis. – The Illinois College women's soccer team couldn't keep pace with a potent Beloit College offensive attack on Sunday, falling to the Buccaneers by a score of 5-0. The loss drops the Lady Blues to 6-10-0 (2-5-0 Midwest Conference) on the year, while Beloit keeps pace in the MWC, improving to 5-8-1 (4-3-0 MWC).
Pressure mounted on the Illinois College end of the field early on in the match, with Courtney Ceurvorst forcing a save from
Lindsey Kormelink in the opening minute. Beloit had six shots in the first 12 minutes before Nikki Hebel scored in the 13th minute to open the scoring.
Looking for an equalizer,
Katie Elmore hit the post in the 19th minute of play, but the woodwork was kind to the Buccaneers and their lead would be doubled when Lili Hagg scored just before the half-hour mark. A goal from Candace Cunningham in the 41st minute made it 3-0 in favor of the home side at halftime.
Cunningham scored her second goal of the match two minutes into the second half to give Beloit a 4-0 lead and the final goal of the day came from Aminah Crawford in the 72nd minute to make it 5-0.
Illinois College had 10 shots in the match, with Elmore taking six of those. Three were on target for Elmore, while
Emma Chapman had the other IC shot on goal. Kormelink had five saves in the match for the Lady Blues.
Ashley Brokaw relieved Kormelink in goal and ended with 13 saves.
Illinois College returns to England Stadium for Senior Day on Oct. 20, hosting Lake Forest College at 1:30 p.m.
