Women’s Soccer

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Burke earns MWC Defensive Player of the Week award

Lawrence University women’s soccer standout Cassie Burke has been chosen as the Midwest Conference Defensive Player of the Week.

Burke (Golden Valley, Minn./Hopkins) earned the award after not allowing a goal in Lawrence’s two victories during the past week. The junior goalkeeper went 2-0 and posted a shutout as Lawrence swept a pair of matches.

In a 1-0 win over the Milwaukee School of Engineering on Saturday, Burke made seven saves to post her first shutout of the season and fifth of her career.

In a 4-1 victory over Lakeland College on Sunday, Burke played the first half in goal and made two saves to help Lawrence to a 2-0 lead at the break. Burke also got into the game in the second half and played the final 10 minutes in the midfield.

For the week, Burke had a 0.00 goals against average and 1.000 save percentage.

Lawrence returns to action on Wednesday when it opens Midwest Conference play by hosting St. Norbert College.

Muchowski scores twice as Lawrence hooks Muskies

Keli Muchowski scored her first two collegiate goals to lead the Lawrence University women’s soccer team to a 4-1 nonconference victory over Lakeland College on Sunday at Whiting Field West.

Muchowski, a freshman from Neenah, Wis., gave the Vikinga a 1-0 lead when she took a corner kick and hooked it into the net at the 39:23 mark.

Muchowski scored again less than five minutes later, with just 46 seconds left in the first half, to give Lawrence a 2-0 lead at the break. Mallory Koula and Cadence Peckham picked up assists on the goal.

Koula made it 3-0 just over two minutes into the second half when she scored off passes from Natalie Jin and Anita Babbitt.

Lakeland trimmed the lead to 3-1 at the 50:37 mark, but Lawrence got that score back just six minutes later. Jin scored off a corner kick from Koula to give Lawrence a 4-1 lead at 56:33.

Cassie Burke made two saves in the first half to pick up the win. Dani Glass took over in net for the second half.

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Koula’s goal lifts Vikings past MSOE

The Lawrence University women’s soccer team got a goal from star forward Mallory Koula and that was enough to give the Vikings a 1-0 nonconference victory over the Milwaukee School of Engineering on Saturday at Whiting Field West.

Koula took a pass from freshman Keli Muchowski and scored at the 31:45 mark of the first half to give the Vikings a 1-0 lead.

Lawrence made that stand up with seven saves from junior goalkeeper Cassie Burke. It was Burke’s first shutout of the season. Lawrence outshot the Raiders 22-16.

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Elmhurst rallies to down Vikings

The Lawrence University women’s soccer team got an early goal, but Elmhurst College struck back quickly and went on to a 3-1 nonconference win over the Vikings on Wednesday at Whiting Field West.

Mallory Koula got the scoring started for the Vikings (0-3-0) when she took a pass from Sarah Tiano and lofted a shot perfectly over the keeper’s head for a 1-0 Lawrence lead.

The Bluejays (2-1-0) struck back quickly on Heather DeMoss’ goal at the 17:10 mark to tie it at 1-1. Elmhurst added the first of two goals by Amy Baschen at the 40:58 mark to take a 2-1 lead into the break.

Bashen then scored with less than a minute left to finish the scoring.

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Cardinals edge Lawrence 2-1

The North Central College women’s soccer team scored twice in the first half and held on for a 2-1 nonconference victory over Lawrence University on Sunday.

North Central (1-1-0) got on the board in the 24th minute when April Kutchinski scored off her own rebound. Lawrence goalkeeper Cassie Burke made a spectacular save on Kutchinski’s first shot, but Kutchinski corralled the rebounds and got it past Burke for a 1-0 lead.

The Cardinals made it 2-0 in the 29th minute when Colleen Gebauer intercepted a Lawrence pass and scored.

The Vikings trimmed the margin to 2-1 at the 62:11 mark when Lawrence star Mallory Koula took a pass from Amanda Ollerer and beat North Central keeper Amy Frazzini.

Lawrence had several good chances in the final minutes but couldn’t get the equalizer. Frazzini made three saves to pick up the win.

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Lawrence women’s soccer tabbed for fourth place in conference

The Lawrence University women’s soccer team has been picked to finish fourth in the Midwest Conference in a vote of league coaches.

Lawrence, the defending MWC Tournament champions, was one of four teams to receive a first-place vote in the poll. Carroll was picked to finish first, followed by Lake Forest and St. Norbert. Lawrence received 55 points, one point behind third-place St. Norbert.

The Vikings finished 6-2-1 and took third place in the conference last season. Lawrence then defeated Lake Forest 4-3 in the MWC Tournament semifinals before beating Carroll 2-1 in the championship game. Lawrence finished 9-9-1 overall a season ago.

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