SPRINGFIELD, MO. - The Washburn Soccer Team gets its first victory of the 2025 season.
"I'm so proud of how our team prepared and executed this game. It was so fun and rewarding to see the team implement a week of really high-quality training into practice against a tough opponent like Drury," said Washburn Head Coach
Davy Phillips
On Friday evening, Washburn got their first win of the season over Drury 3-1. The Ichabods were led by Freshman
Leah Henke, who scored two more goals to make her tally three this season. On both of Henke's goals, senior
Belle Kennedy recorded the assist.
Sam Searcey headed home the corner from
Mackinly Rohn to make it a 3-1 game with less than 15 minutes to play.
FIRST HALF
The Ichabods were applying pressure early on and broke through with a goal in the 15th minute by freshman
Leah Henke, her second goal of the season, and was assisted by
Belle Kennedy. Both teams had four shots in the half, but Washburn put two of their four on goal, with one finding the back of the net.
SECOND HALF
Once again, Washburn puts pressure on Drury to open the half, and in the 53rd minute,
Leah Henke sneaks it past the keeper to find the back of the net with an assist from
Belle Kennedy once again. The freshman has scored all of Washburn's goals this season so far this season. Drury got one back quickly in the 58th minute by Keira Love, who found the bottom corner. In the 76th minute and with Washburn's fourth corner of the match,
Mackinly Rohn finds the head of
Sam Searcey to restore the two-goal lead 3-1 with less than 15 minutes to play.
Washburn moves to 1-1-1 on the season.
GAME NOTES
- Washburn fired 11 shots with 7 being on goal, while Drury recorded 9 shots with only 1 being on goal.
- Washburn took four corners on the night.
- Freshman Leah Henke added two more goals to her goal tally.
- Senior Belle Kennedy assisted on both goals by Henke tonight and puts her two points away from 30 career points with 12 goals and 4 assists.
- Sam Searcey scored her second career goal tonight with a header from a corner.
- Mackinley Rohn recorded her 11th career assist and puts her 5 points away from 30 career points as well.
UP NEXT
Washburn will have its home opener against UMary this Sunday, September 14th, at Yager Stadium with kickoff set for 1 PM.
