MILWAUKEE – The Alverno Soccer team returned to the friendly confines of the Alverno Soccer Field on Wednesday afternoon, playing host to the Aurora Spartans for a conference matchup. The Inferno were on the board first with an early penalty-kick goal, but Aurora rallied back for 10 unanswered to pick up the win.
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Junior
Georgia Wise picked up the penalty kick goal for her first goal of the season as freshman
Madison Wise was taken down just inside the 18-yard box just over seven minutes into the contest. Wise knocked the ball into the lower left corner to give the Inferno the early 1-0 lead.
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Aurora rallied back with a goal less than 90 seconds later to even the score at one before adding three more tallies in the opening half to take a 4-1 lead into the halftime break.
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Freshman goalkeeper
Emily Anguiano registered a dozen saves in the opening half, before adding another 14 saves in the second stanza to give her a season-high 26 saves on the season. The Inferno defense was also credited with two saves on the afternoon, with one coming in each half.
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In the second half, Aurora scored the remaining six goals of the game, with the final strike coming in the 83rd minute of play.
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In addition to Anguiano, five other Inferno played the full 90 minutes including seniors
Ziri Hernandez-Bustos,
Ashley Flores and
Katie Shipley, while G. Wise and sophomore
Yedelmys Ayala also played the full slate of action.
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Alverno (0-7-1, 0-5-0 NACC) will be back on the NACC's lone other grass field as the team will travel to nearby Wisconsin Lutheran for a 3:30 pm start against the Warriors on the Warrior Soccer Field.
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