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 scored her second goal of the season off of an
Emily Gerber assist.
In the seventeenth minute Whitewater struck again. Gerber scored her seventh goal of the season by putting a
Kelsey Finn 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.