ALLENDALE – The Grand Valley State women's soccer team closed out the regular season with a 1-0 shutout win against Northern Michigan Saturday (Oct. 31) afternoon at the GVSU Soccer Field. The Lakers improve to 10-3-5 on the season and finish in second place in the GLIAC standings with a 8-2-4 conference mark.
GVSU scored the lone goal of the game in the 24
th minute off a corner kick.
Sarah Langley sent a corner in the middle of the box that pin balled around. The ball found
Lina Rea who headed it off the cross bar and went right to
Ava Kozak who headered the ball up and over the Northern Michigan defender and goalkeeper for the 1-0 lead. That goal was Kozak's sixth of the season, while Rea dished out her team leading seventh assist of the season.
The Lakers would hold Northern Michigan to just five shots with two of them being in the second half to help secure the shutout win. GVSU outshot the Wildcats 18-5 and 8-1 on goal. The Lakers produced seven corner kicks, while the Wildcats recorded five corner kicks.
Cole Lance led GVSU in shots with three and all of them were on target.
Vesna Dennison notched three shots with one on goal while playing all 90 minutes. Kozak scored the game-winning goal on two shots in 71 minutes played. Rea dished out an assist and recorded two shots with one on goal
Alex Williams,
Sarah Langley, and
Cora Conley each added a shot on goal in the win.
Macie Hunter got the start and posted her fifth individual shutout of the season making one save.
GVSU will begin postseason play on Tuesday, November 3
rd when they host Purdue Northwest in the GLIAC tournament quarterfinals. First kick is set for 3:00 PM at the GVSU Soccer Field. The game will be streamed live on FloCollege.
