Laura Johnson and the Gusties will take on the Storm of Crown College on Tuesday evening in St. Bonifacius, Minn.
St. Peter, Minn. – The Gustavus Adolphus women’s soccer team will take the pitch Tuesday evening in search of its first victory when it goes up against non-conference foe Crown College. The match will take place on the Crown campus located in St. Bonifacius, Minnesota and will begin at 7 p.m. Gustavus enters the match with a record of 0-3-2 (0-0-1 MIAC), while Crown comes in with a 2-4-1 record (0-2-0 UMAC).
Match Information:
Field: KleinBank Stadium
Playing Surface: Field Turf
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Last Time Out:
Gustavus: The Gusties fell to Concordia College 4-1 on Saturday afternoon in a matchup with the MIAC’s first place team. Concordia took a 2-0 lead into halftime and scored two insurance goals in the second half to secure the victory.
Gustie forward Maddison Ackiss (So., Fairbanks, Alaska) broke up the Cobber shutout with her third unassisted goal of the season at the 73:50 mark.
Concordia outshot Gustavus 11-1 in the first half, but only 6-5 in the second, to give the Cobbers a 17-6 shot advantage on the day.
Crown: The Storm took on the University of Minnesota-Morris on Satruday afternoon and fell to the Cougars by a 3-0 score. Morris scored a breakaway goal just over 19 minutes into the first half and added another just before halftime to take a 2-0 lead into the break.
Morris outshot Crown 22-6 on the day and the Storm only forced Morris keeper Morgan Delaney to make one save.
Series History:
Tuesday marks the fourth ever meeting between Gustavus and Crown in women’s soccer. The Gusties have won each of the previous three meetings, the first two by identical 3-0 scores and last season took home a 1-0 victory. When the two teams squared off in St. Peter in 2013, Gustavus outshot Crown 34-1 on the afternoon. Amanda Cartony ’14 scored the 23rd goal of her career in the match, which moved her into a tie for 10th place on the women’s soccer all-time career goals scored list at Gustavus.
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