La Crosse, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse soccer team concluded its home regular season schedule with an 9-0 victory over Concordia University Wisconsin Monday night at Veterans Memorial Field Sports Complex.
UWL improve to 17-1 overall while Concordia Wisconsin drops to 8-10.
RANKINGS
* UWL is ranked 15th on the Intercollegiate Women's Soccer Organization for Coaches (IWSOC) Poll in partnership with the United Soccer Coaches.
* UWL is 24th in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Power Index (NPI).
Macy Evans had the game-winning goal.
SERIES RECORD
* UWL leads the all-time series, 7-1, with Concordia Wisconsin. The Eagles have won the last five meetings with the Falcons.
SHUTOUTS
* UWL recorded its 13th shutout of the season Monday. The 13 shutouts are fifth in single-season school history. UWL set a school record with 16 shutouts in 2023.
HOME SUCCESS
* UWL is now 10-0 at home this season and improved to 101-16-12 at home under head coach
Jason Murphy, including 58-2-5 in the last six seasons.
* UWL's last home loss (3-1) came to then fourth-ranked Christopher Newport University (Va.) on September 27, 2024.
* The Eagles are 28-0-2 at home in their last 30 games with ties coming against Carleton College (Minn.) on October 20, 2024 ( 2-2) and versus UW-Platteville on October 22, 2025 (1-1).
HOW IT HAPPENED – FIRST HALF
* UWL tallied four goals in the opening half.
Macy Evans scored the eventual game-winning goal at 10:05.
Amaya Thesing and
Ella Opie recorded assists.
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Riley Veenendaal extended the lead to 2-0 at 26:44.
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Aubree Caya scored the first of her two goals at 31:49 to make it 3-0.
Katelyn Studebaker had the assist. Caya gave UWL a 4-0 lea
Riley Veenendaal had six shots and one goal.
d at 37:13.
* UWL finished with 30 shots, including 17 on goal.
* Concordia was held to one shot.
HOW IT HAPPENED – SECOND HALF
* The Eagles added five goals in the second half. Opie made it 5-0 at 49:55 and Thesing extended the lead to 6-0 at 51:27 on assists from Opie and
Kate Heiderscheit.
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Erelyn Apel scored on a header off
Audrey Wanless' assist at 64:47 for a 7-0 advantage.
* Apel gave UWL an 8-0 lead at 83:18 with her second goal of the game.
Ella Becker and Wanless recorded assists.
* Wanless finished the scoring at 88:23 on a
Morgan Fitt assist to make it 9-0.
UWL LEADERS
* UWL finished with a season-high 46 shots, including tying a season-high 26 on goal. The nine goals, nine assists and 27 points were all season-highs. The Eagles nine corner kicks in the game.
* Eleven players recorded a point, including two goals each from Caya and Apel. Opie and Wanless each had two assists.
Thesing had a team-high nine shots with five on goal. Evans finished with eight shots, including four on goal. Veenendaal added six shots with three on goal.
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Summer Nicolai (45:00),
Jordyn Young (29:32) and
Kayda Aeby (15:28) combined for the shutout in goal. Young and Aeby each recorded two saves.
CONCORDIA WISCONSIN LEADERS
* Concordia Wisconsin recorded six shots with four on goal. The Falcons had one corner kick.
* Koffy'e Chappel and Jacey Read each had three shots with Chappel recording all three on goal.
* Aubrey Johnson suffered the loss, registering 17 saves.
UWL claimed at least a share of the WIAC regular season title.
WIAC REGULAR SEASON:
* UWL clinched at least a share of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) regular season title on October 24. The Eagles earned a 3-0 victory over UW-Oshkosh while UW-Platteville and UW-Whitewater both recorded ties.
* UWL can secure the conference title outright with a win or tie at UW-Whitewater on October 31 or a UW-Platteville loss at UW-Eau Claire on October 31.
* It is the Eagles' fifth straight WIAC Championship and ninth in school history.
UP NEXT
* UWL wraps up its regular season at UW-Whitewater on Saturday, October 31 at 5 p.m.
