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La Crosse, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse soccer team earned a 4-0 victory over Carthage College (Wis.) Wednesday afternoon at Veterans Memorial Field Sports Complex.  The Eagles improve to 4-2 on the season while the Lady Reds fall to 1-5.  UWL earns its first-ever win over Carthage (Wis.), snapping a three-match losing streak.  The Eagles' four goals Wednesday are a season-high.

After Kennedy Brault recorded a save on Carthage's (Wis.) Maggie Washelesky just over three minutes into the match, UWL took a 1-0 lead at 7:16 as Margaret Harings scored her second goal of the season after a Megan Carroll corner kick.  The Eagles took a 2-0 lead at 12:04 with Natalie Herzog scoring her season-high third goal of the year.  Cassie Handrick recorded the assist.  Rachel Roghan made it 3-0 at 42:16 with her first goal of the season. 

UWL led 3-0 at halftime, recording 14 shots while holding Carthage (Wis.) to two shots. 

Alex Cording finished the scoring at 63:12 assisted by Handrick and Kaitlin Kapitan to make it 4-0. 

The Eagles recorded a season-high 20 shots Wednesday, including seven on goal.  Cording finished with five shots with two on goal.  The Lady Reds totaled nine shots, including four on goal.  Rachel Post finished with three shots. 

Brault (four saves) and Abbi Burke combined on the shutout for UWL while Abby Alm recorded three saves for Carthage (Wis.).

"We came out ready to play today," said UWL head coach Jason Murphy.  "We had the wind in the first half to our back and we were able to take advantage of it.  We were able to get to the end line and serve balls across and really work up the middle with some small combinations and create some good scoring chances."

Twenty-two players saw action in Wedneday's match.  "We're a pretty deep team," said Murphy.  "We came out and scored two early goals today and got one right before halftime.  Then 
we came out in the second half and right away were dangerous again and pushing it to them into the wind.  It was nice to see our team play from in front."

UW-L returns to action Friday, September 18 at North Central College (Ill.) at 6 p.m.  "We play three games in five days against CCIW (College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) opponents," added Murphy.  "It's nice to get the first one, but we have to be ready to turn around and play at North Central."

After playing at North Central (Ill.), UWL travels to Elmhurst College (Ill.) Sunday, September 20 at non.  "We're excited about traveling down to Chicago and spending some time in the city," said Murphy.  "It will be a tough weekend for us, but we'll get organzied and be ready to play."