Women's soccer bows out of IIAC Tournament
Posted: Nov 02, 2013

Women's soccer bows out of IIAC Tournament

Scoring Summary
1st - 7:53 - Kelsey Graefen (Dubuque)
1st - 42:13 - Alexandra Watkins (Dubuque)
2nd - 72:26 - Liz Frazier (Dubuque)
Game Leaders
Simpson
G: N/A
A: N/A
Sh: 6 Players (#3, #7, #10, #13, #18, #21) - 1
Sv: Stephanie Cox - 9
Dubuque
G: 3 Players (#5, #11, #16) - 1
A: Alexandra Watkins - 2
Sh: Liz Frazier - 8
Sv: Tiffany Duncan - 2
Team Stats
Full stats

DUBUQUE, Iowa - Dubuque scored two goals in the first half en-route to a 3-0 win over the Simpson women's soccer team in the first round of the Iowa Conference Tournament on Saturday.

Goals by Kelsey Graefen and Alexandra Watkins gave the third-seeded Spartans (15-4) a 2-0 lead at the break. Dubuque advances to the semifinal round to face second-seeded Luther on Wednesday, Nov. 6.

After being outshot 18-2 in the first half, Simpson came back with an improved attack.

"Today was tough," head coach Ryan Sander said. "We had a hard time connecting early in the game. We switched up some things in the second half and generated more opportunities, unfortunately we couldn't get the one thing we needed: goals."

Stephanie Cox had nine saves for the Storm (4-16-1), who saw their season come to a close. Cox closed the season with a school-record 148 saves.