La Crosse, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse soccer team extended its season opening win streak to 12 with a 7-0 victory over UW-River Falls Wednesday night at Veterans Memorial Field Sports Complex on Camper Night.
UWL's 12-0 start is the best in Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) history. The Eagles improved to 2-0 in the conference with Wednesday's win.
UW-River Falls drops to 6-2-2 overall and 0-1-1 in the WIAC.
Macy Evans tallied a pair of goals Wednesday.
RANKINGS
* UWL is ranked 14th on the Intercollegiate Women's Soccer Organization for Coaches (IWSOC) Poll in partnership with the United Soccer Coaches.
SERIES RECORD
* UWL leads the all-time series, 21-14-3, with UW-River Falls. The Eagles have won the last 12 meetings with the Falcons, recording six straight shutouts. UW-River Falls last earned a win (2-1 in overtime) in the series during the 2014 season.
WIAC PLAY
* UWL extends its WIAC unbeaten streak to 30 (28-0-2) with Wednesday's win. The Eagles tied UW-Platteville on October 9, 2024 ( 2-2) and October 22, 2025 (1-1). UWL's last conference loss came to UW-Oshkosh on October 23, 2021 (2-1).
HOME SUCCESS
* The Eagles improve to 98-16-12 at home under head coach
Jason Murphy, including 55-2-5 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 25-0-2 at home in their last 27 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 five goals in the first 18:02.
Sera Speltz started the scoring at 1:18 to make it 1-0.
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Katelyn Studebaker extended the lead to 2-0 at 1:59 off a
Kate Heiderscheit assist.
Amaya Thesing gave UWL a 3-0 lead at 4:49.
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Aubree Caya scored at 12:45 on assists from Thesing and Speltz for a 4-0 edge before
Macy Evans made it 5-0 at 18:02 at halftime. Thesing recorded her second assist of the game with
Jillian Sawadski also notching one on Evans' goal.
* UWL finished with 20 shots in the first half, including 13 on goal, and seven corner kicks.
* UW-River Falls totaled three shots with one on goal.
HOW IT HAPPENED – SECOND HALF
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Grace Williams scored at 73:51 off
Morgan Fitt's assist for a 6-0 lead and Evans scored her second goal of the game at 83:17 on
Audrey Wanless' assist.
Kate Heiderscheit had two shots and one assist.
UWL LEADERS
* UWL finished with 34 shots, including 21 on goal. The Eagles had all 10 corner kicks in the game.
* Ten players recorded a point with Evans scoring twice while Thesing had one goal and two assists.
* Williams led the Eagles with nine shots, including three on goal. Evans also had three shots on goal with four overall shots. Fitt and
Riley Veenendaal each had three shots in the game.
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Summer Nicolai earned the win in goal, playing the first half and recording one save.
Jordyn Young (25:56) and
Kayda Aeby (19:04) played the second half in goal with Young recording one save.
UW-RIVER FALLS' LEADERS
* UW-River Falls had six shots with two coming on goal.
* Emery Bigler and Abby Drontle each had two shots, including one on goal.
* Courtney Bain suffered the loss, registering 11 saves in 60:34 in goal. Kiera Nelson recorded two saves in 29:26.
UP NEXT
* UWL returns to action at UW-Eau Claire on Saturday, October 10 at 2 p.m.
