GALESBURG, Ill. — Keli Muchowski recorded her first career hat trick to lead the Lawrence University women’s soccer team to a 3-1 Midwest Conference victory over Knox College on Sunday.
Lawrence (2-4-0, 1-1-0 MWC) took a 1-0 lead when Muchowski scored off an assist from Anita Babbitt at the 20:18 mark.
The score stayed that way until early in the second half when Muchowski scored off a pass from Casey Merkle for a 2-0 Lawrence lead. The Prairie Fire cut the lead to 2-1 in the 60th minute, but Lawrence answered.
Muchowski completed the hat trick when she took a pass from Merkle and scored at 65:56 to put the Vikings up 3-1.
Lawrence goalkeeper Dani Glass made one save to pick up the win. Lawrence had a 20-4 edge in shots