St. Charles, MO - It had been 18 Games and 1,804 days since the Lindenwood University Lions had lost at Hunter Stadium but as the clock ticked toward zero, the Newberry Wolves usurped the Limestone Saints as the latest visiting team to walk out of Hunter Stadium victorious. It was the Lions' first loss at home since a 4-2 defeat to Limestone on October 2nd, 2016. Newberry improved to 2-1 on the season with their second win in a row. Lindenwood falls to 1-2.
The Wolves' wasted no time to get on the front foot as they let off 12 shots before Lindenwood got their first. The Wolves' relentless attack broke through at the 6:37 mark as a penalty corner from Lily Drury found Yasmin De Meyer who let off a shot that deflected off of Rachel Crowder and into the back of the net. From there the Wolves got 5 more shots off before the end of the period, three of which were on target. The Scarlet and Gray did not let off the gas after the first half as they ended up with 21 shots and 16 of those being on target. Tamsin Bangert led the Wolves attack with six shots with 4 on target, followed by Lily Drury and Hailey Moore with 3. Goal-scorer Rachel Crowder had 2 shots and both of which forced a save.
The one goal was all that was needed because the Wolves' defense was one again spectacular led by Grace Lee posting her second shutout in a row between the posts. Lindenwood did not get a shot off until just over four minutes into the 2nd Quarter and it was saved by Yasmin De Meyer. That shot was the only one the Lions would get in the first half. However, as the second half got underway, the Lions got their best opportunity of the game in a penalty stroke. Grace Lee was not intimidated as she saved the shot with ease and from there Lindenwood only totaled four more shots over the last 29 minutes of the game. As few shots as Lindenwood had, all of them were on target and Grace Lee stood tall and secured her second shutout of the season. It is the second straight time that the Wolves have shutout the Lions as they defeated them 1-0 in the last meeting. That was also the last time that Lindenwood had been shutout.
"Today was a great win against a very competitive program and I am very happy with it." said Head Coach Hannah Dave. "We had some great highs but we also had some lows that we will continue to work on for our next game on Sunday against Frostburg State"
The Wolves look to make it a three game winning streak on Sunday at 11 AM Eastern/10 AM Central as they face Frostburg State Bobcats for the first meeting between the two programs.
