by Eric Willuweit

Chicago, Ill. - Two corner-kick goals and a crucial save on a penalty kick helped propel the Illinois Tech women's soccer team to a 2-1 victory over Penn St.-Behrend Sunday afternoon at a rainy Stuart Field. With the victory, the Scarlet Hawks improved to 4-1-0 on the season. The Lions fell to 1-3-0.

The Scarlet Hawks got single tallies in each half and held on for the win after the Lions cut the lead in half with a corner-kick goal of their own with just under five minutes remaining. The win over the Lions completed a week in which the Hawks went 3-0.

How It Happened

• At the 37:00 mark of the first half, a right-side corner kick by the Hawks Lucy Jorjorian rattled into the goal area, where Lucy Vanveldhuisen knocked it in to stake the Scarlet Hawks to a 1-0 lead.
• The Hawks extended their lead to 2-0 at the 60:35 mark in the second half when Kayla Smith sent a right-side corner kick to the far end of the goal area, and Allison Murray was able to convert the header for the 2-0 lead.
• About four minutes later, a Scarlet Hawks foul in the penalty box resulted in a penalty kick for Emily Clopp of the Lions. Clopp's shot towards the inside of the right post was knocked down by Hawks goalkeeper Sarah Thomas
• With 4:19 remaining in the match, the Lions finally got on the board when Sarah White scored directly off of her corner-kick from the right side to cut the Hawk's lead to 2-1.  The Lions, however, were not able to get any closer. 

Scarlet Hawks Standouts

• Murray was able to tally her first goal as a Scarlet Hawk, with three total shots.
• Vanveldhuisen had two shots on goal, with one goal scored.
• Thomas made saves on three shots, including deneying the Lions on the penalty kick.

Inside The Box Score

• The Scarlet Hawks outshot the Lions 17-11.
• The Lions had 7 saves; The Hawks 3.
• Corner-kicks were heavily in favor of Illinois Tech: 8-1.
• The Scarlet Hawks committed 15 fouls to 6 for the Lions.

Next Up

• The Scarlet Hawks open NACC conference play when they host last year's conference champion, Dominican University, Wednesday, September 14th at 7pm CT at Stuart Field.