Second-half scoring barrage lifts Lady Tops to 4-1 win
Published 11:46 pm Sunday, August 25, 2024
- Western Kentucky freshman Abby Wiedermann scored two goals in Sunday’s 4-1 win against Evansville at the WKU Soccer Complex.
Western Kentucky’s women’s soccer team got its second straight win with another four-goal performance, this time defeating Evansville, 4-1, on Sunday night at the WKU Soccer Complex.
After a defensive stalemate in the first half, WKU (2-1-0) and Evansville (0-1-1) came out in the second half to put up five total goals on the scoreboard between the two teams.
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In the 52nd minute, WKU’s Kendall Wade broke the scoring drought with a header off a Georgia Liapis serve into the box. Less than three minutes later, Kayla Meyer netted a long-range shot that fired past the keeper into the upper left corner.
Evansville broke up the WKU clean sheet with a goal in the 68th minute.
Lady Toppers freshman Abby Wiedermann scored two goals in the final 10 minutes of the match. Her first goal came off a one-touch shot from just outside the box on a pass from fellow freshman Maggie Morris. Her second of the night came in the last minute of play on a header from a serve into the box from Aspen Seaich.
It was the most goals scored against a Division I opponent for WKU since the Hilltoppers scored four against FIU on March 4, 2021, in a 4-3 victory.
Meyer is now up to a team-leading three goals on the season and 10 career goals, including four game-winners. Wade’s goal was just the second of the defender’s career and her first as a Hilltopper. Wiedermann joins Meyer as the only Lady Toppers with multiple goals this season.
WKU outshot Evansville 16-9 in the match. Lady Toppers goalkeeper Maddie Davis finished the match with six saves.