UW-La Crosse women’s soccer team is still showing their strength with a 1-0 victory over conference rival UW- Stout. The Eagles took their seventh straight win on Saturday, Oct. 10, and maintained their 4-0 record in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Overall, their record is 11-3. This forced the Blue Devils down in the ranking with a 2-3 record in the conference and 6-5-2 overall. Over 150 people came to support both teams with great fall weather to help propel the game.

This winning streak bring the team to a tie with the most consecutive wins in the school history. The other teams that set this record were in 1994 and 1999. The team also earned their sixth shutout of the season with this game.

Freshman Kennedy Brault stood in the net to start off the game. The first goal was netted by freshman Margaret Harings 40 minutes into the game. She is currently leading the team in goals with six. Freshman Maya Schmitt and sophomore Maggie Edmark assisted Harings’ goal. This ends the scoring for the game from both teams.

Brault stayed in the net the entire game. This was her fifth shutout for the season. She had three saves in the game. The Blue Devil’s goalie Paige Meyer recorded all the time in the net for UW-S, but had one goal allowed with two saves.

Although the game was not high in scoring, the Eagles kept putting shots on the goal. They had 12 shots, while the Blue Devils had 10. Harings took the most shots of the game with two on goal and 5 all together, and freshman Natalie Herzog had two shots. Five other Eagles had one shot on goal each.

UW-S lead in other areas, like corner kicks and fouls. The Blue Devils took four corner kicks, and the Eagles took three. UW-S also racked up six fouls throughout the game, and UW-L gathered one.

In this game, 16 Eagles stepped on the field. Even this late into season, they are still showing their depth within their roster of 25 women. They show their strength and ability through each play, while also walking onto the field with confidence and acceptance of any challenge that is to come. This will help them through the rest of the season, as they play ranked teams. This could be a challenge to some teams, where the fuel just burns out. But the young Eagles are all showing their resilience.

Coach Jason Murphy is aware of any challenges they see coming. But he does not see that the team will be slacking or falling short of the competition ahead.

Murphy said, “We are 4-0 in the league and have three big games remaining against Whitewater, Stevens Point and Oshkosh. The team is feeling very well. We are not tiring or getting drained but really coming together nicely for the stretch run.”

The women take a short break to resume playing another conference game on Saturday, Oct. 16 at 5 p.m. in Whitewater. They will be looking to continue their winning streak and avoid any blemishes on their WIAC record.