Women's Soccer Opens Season With 3-1 Victory Over Alma

OVERVIEW

SCORE: Northwood 3, Alma 1
RECORDS: Northwood (1-0), Alma (0-1)
LOCATION: Dean Field - Midland, Mich.
RECAP: With three goals in a 20-minute span in the first half, the Timberwolves earned a season-opening victory over Alma College.

INSIDE THE GAME

• The Timberwolves opened the scoring nearly 15 minutes in on a goal from Samantha Medici (Oxford, Mich./Oxford) that saw her chip the ball off the far post and in from the left side of the box.
• Just eight minutes later, Northwood's Jessica Flores (San Diego, Calif./Verdugo Hills) boomed a shot to the back of the net from just inside the area for her first of the season.
• Midfielder Allison Carroll (Grand Blanc, Mich./Grand Blanc) joined her fellow senior taking a corner pass in front of the net with just under ten minutes left in the half and burying it to put Northwood in total control with a 3-goal cushion.
• Just over 20 minutes into the second half, Alma got on the board with forward Janelle Christiensen finding the twine from the right side to make the score 3-1.

GAME STATS

• SHOTS: Northwood 19, Alma 10
• SAVES: Alma 8 (Kelsey Postema), Northwood 3 (Samantha Cook)
• CORNER KICKS: Northwood 4, Alma 2

GAME NOTES

• Dean Pappas's group started last season 0-2-1 before they got their first win.
• Flores scored seven of the Timberwolves' 16 goals last season, netting her 16^th career goal in this contest to go along with an assist.
• Both Flores and Carroll ended the game with a goal and an assist

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves will host Cedarville on Saturday (September 3). Game time is set for 4 p.m.