The UW-Whitewater women's soccer team battled for a 3-2 win over Olivet College Sunday, September 20.

Box Score

The Warhawks jumped out to a quick lead scoring their first goal just 16 seconds into the match as Pamela Lisowe (New Holstein/New Holstein) scored her second goal of the season off of an Emily Gerber (DeForest/DeForest) assist.

In the seventeenth minute Whitewater struck again. Gerber scored her seventh goal of the season by putting a Kelsey Finn (Glendale/Nicolet) free kick into the net.

Olivet came back towards the end of the first half with a goal off of a penalty kick bringing them to within one.

Later in the second half, Olivet tied the game at 2-2 with a goal in the sixty-eighth minute.

Gerber came back with her second goal of the match and eighth of the season with a blast from the top of the box to put Whitewater ahead 3-2. 

The Warhawk defense held Olivet to just four shots on goal as UW-W put up eight of their own. Whitewater also had the advantage on corner kicks with 11 total as they held Olivet to just two.

The win improves UW-W's mark to 4-2 as Olivet drops to 3-4-1.

The Warhawks return home with a match against Carroll University Wednesday, September 23 at 7:00 p.m. under the lights at Robert W. Fiskum Field in Whitewater.