JACKSONVILLE, Ill. –
Katy Adler scored twice, and the Illinois College women's soccer team's defense smothered Monmouth to give the Lady Blues a 2-0 win over the Fighting Scots in a Midwest Conference match on Tuesday night inside England Stadium.
The Lady Blues are now 3-11-0 overall and 1-6 in conference play. Monmouth moved to 6-6-0 and 2-4-0.
IC 2 Monmouth 0
The teams played through a scoreless opening half before IC broke the deadlock when Adler found the back of the net at the 53:04 mark to give the Lady Blues a 1-0 advantage.
Adler then added an all-important insurance goal when she scored off a feed from
Jourdan Stevens at 70:31. IC's defense would do the rest, and the Lady Blues cruised home for the win from there.
IC out-shot the Fighting Scots 22-4 on the night. Adler and
Aliza Rodriguez each led the team with five shots apiece.
Erin O'Connell added three.
IC's
Stella Gonzalez posted the clean sheet in net while recording two saves.
Up Next
The Lady Blues hit the road this weekend as they travel to Cornell for a Midwest Conference contest at 1:30 p.m.