La Crosse, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse soccer team extended its winning streak to four with a 2-0 victory over UW-River Falls Saturday night at Veterans Memorial Field Sports Complex.  The Eagles improve to 9-1-2 overall and 3-0 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) while the Falcons drop to 3-8-1 overall and 0-2-1 in the conference. 

The start of the game was pushed back 90 minutes due to lightning and the contest was played in a heavy rain throughout most of the night. 

UWL scored a pair of second half goals in earning the victory. Alex Cording scored at 46:38 assisted by Margaret Harings to make it 1-0. It was Cording's fourth goal of the season. Less than four minutes later, Harings scored her fourth goal of the year with an unassisted goal at 50:16. 

The Eagles finished with 19 shots, including 10 on goal.  Kaitlyn Villars had four shots with two on goal while Cording and Harings each recorded three shots with two on goal. 

UW-River Falls was held to four shots with three on goal. Abby Soderholm had two shots, both on goal.  The Falcons recorded two shots in each half. 

Lily Brock registered the win for UWL, finishing with three saves.  UWL recorded its eighth shutout of the season Saturday while improving to 5-0-1 at home. The Eagles have allowed two goals in six home matches. 

Haley Crosby had eight saves for UW-River Falls.

UWL returns to action Sunday, October 8 hosting Concordia University Wisconsin at 3 p.m.