Storm cruise past Nebraska Wesleyan, remain undefeated at home
| Final | 1 | 2 | T | |
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Neb. Wesleyan (1-10-2, 0-3-2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Simpson (11-1-1, 4-0-0) | 2 | 1 | 3 |
INDIANOLA, Iowa - Hailey Kowzan put the Storm on the board less than a minute into the game and the Simpson College women's soccer team cruised to a 3-0 victory over Nebraska Wesleyan, improving to 5-0-0 inside Buxton Stadium.
Kowzan scored the gamewinner just 45 seconds into the match, the fifth-fastest score in program history, and Brissa Valadez and Julia Wagoner added insurance tallies in the 37th and 56th minutes.
Layna Depping provided the assist on both of Valadez's and Wagoner's goals, while Cassie Nash assisted Kowzan on the early goal.
The Storm (11-1-1, 4-0-0 A-R-C) limited Nebraska Wesleyan (1-10-2, 0-3-2 A-R-C) to just five shots while creating 20 opportunities for themselves. Valadez led Simpson with five shots and Meredith Downs made three saves to help the Storm to their eighth shutout of the year.
NOTES
- Simpson improves to 14-5-2 in the head-to-head series with Nebraska Wesleyan. The Storm have won five in a row, shutting out the Prairie Wolves in each of those victories.
- Simpson remains undefeated at home through five games. The Storm have won eight straight at Buxton Stadium dating back to Oct. 22, 2022.
- The Storm are off to a 4-0-0 start to conference play for the first time since 2005.
- Simpson has won nine consecutive regular season league contests dating back to Oct. 11 of last season.
- Simpson is 10-0-0 when scoring first as well as 10-0-0 when converting multiple goals.
- Hailey Kowzan's goal in 45 seconds was the fifth-fastest score in program history and the fastest since Cassie Nash, who provided her the assist, scored in 31 seconds on Oct. 20, 2021.
- The connection between Kowzan and Nash was the 13th time the duo has teamed up to score. Kowzan has assisted Nash on 10 career goals, while Nash has returned the favor three times.
- Defensively, the Storm picked up their eighth shutout of the year.
UP NEXT
Simpson takes on the only other team without a conference blemish, Loras, on Saturday in Dubuque. The Duhawks took down Wartburg 5-0 tonight to improve to 11-1 overall and 4-0 in the conference.
