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TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Lady Blues picked up their first win of the season opening MIAA play with a 1-0 win over Emporia State in Yager Stadium on Friday night. Washburn will be off from games until Sept. 20 when they will take on Central Missouri.
The win snapped a 16-match winless streak for the Lady Blues (1-4-0, 1-0-0 MIAA) and a seven-match losing streak dating back to Sept. 17, 2011 in a 2-0 win over Fort Hays State.
Washburn scored the only goal of the match when
Tia Stovall scored her first goal of the season on an assist from 8-yards out at the 6:36 mark of the first half on an assist from
Lindsey Lambert, her first of the season.
2012 Lady Blues soccer vs Emporia State Gallery
Washburn kept the pressure on the Hornets (2-3-0, 0-1-0 MIAA) the remainder of the half outshooting ESU 5 to 2 in the first half.
In the second half, Washburn outshot the Hornets 4 to 2 while taking four corner kicks compared to none for the Hornets.
Tori Fuglister picked up the shutout win in net for Washburn as she faced four shots recording two saves - one in each half.
Caysie Beetley led the team with four shots including two on goal while Stovall finished with three shots and two on goal.
Leah Talley and
Kelsey Ewert each had one shot attempt.
ESU had four players with a single shot with Mindi Lozenski and Elizabeth High each recording a shot on goal.
