Women's Soccer Defeats Parkside 3-1

OVERVIEW – PARKSIDE

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 3, Parkside Rangers 1

RECORDS: Northwood (10-7, 6-7 GLIAC), Parkside (3-11-1, 1-9-2 GLIAC)

LOCATION: NU Practice Field – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Women's Soccer defeats Parkside 3-1 in NU's home finale Sunday (October 31).

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

• Northwood got on the board late in the first half to break open a scoreless contest. Abigail Fowler took a feed from Lauren Way in the area and slipped the ball past the keeper to make the score 1-0.
• NU held a 6-3 edge in shots in the first half and a 2-1 edge in corner kicks.
• The Timberwolves made it 2-0 at 59:48 on a penalty after the Rangers were called for a hand ball in the area. Juliana Paoletti converted from the spot to make the score 2-0.
• Northwood made it 3-0 at 82:15 off a perfectly executed free kick. Fowler sent a ball across the net which found Riley Rajewski. She centered the ball perfectly to Jessica Piper, who buried it from inside the six yard box.
• Parkside netted a goal at 84:49 to close out the scoring.

GAME STATS

• Shots: Northwood 15, Parkside 8
• Saves: Northwood 3 (Andrea Everett), Parkside 7 (Mia Guyton)
• Corners: Northwood 2, Parkside 1

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Fowler: Goal (7), assist
• Paoletti: Goal (9)
• Piper: Goal (8)
• Way/Rajewski: Assist

NORTHWOOD NOTES

• Northwood reached the 10 win mark on the season for the first time since 2002. The Timberwolves' six GLIAC wins matches the program record for most in a season.

UP NEXT

• NU will finish the regular season with a game at top-ranked Grand Valley State Friday (November 5). Game time is set for 7 p.m.