 "We were really happy to get that goal, and it was a nice finish,"
head coach Drew Roff said. "We felt like a goal was coming. I felt
like, with the way we played in the second half, we definitely
deserved a goal. The first half, not so much. That's the next step,
playing 90 minutes like we did those last 45."The Redbirds
squandered numerous opportunities in the second half before finally
connecting on the game-winner. Anna Stinson swung in a corner kick
from the left side that first found the head of Rachel Tejada.
Tejada lightly headed the ball over to Wronski on the left post, who
sent it past the LU keeper with her head to put the Redbirds up for
good.
"I was making my far post run, like I'm supposed to, and it hit
Rachel's head," Wronski said. "The ball could have been going in
either way, but I got my head on it just to make sure it went in and
didn't go wide."
The goal was Wronski's second of the season, with both coming in
the Redbirds' last two home matches. Both Stinson and Tejada were
credited with assists on the play, their first and fourth of the
season, respectively.
The Redbirds outshot their opponent for just the third time this
season, firing 19 shots compared with Loyola's 12. Tejada and
Wronski led all players with four shots each, while Ali Farkos and
Stinson each recorded three. The three shots is a career high for
Farkos, and it was the second consecutive match she has set a new
personal best.
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Thirteen of Illinois State's 19 shots came in the second 45
minutes, the most in any half this season. The best of those
chances came in the 71st minute, when both Tejada and Kyla Cross
hit the post within 10 seconds of each other.
Mara Kremenovic and Aryn Newsom each played a half in goal, with
Kremenovic stopping one shot in the first 45 minutes and Newsom
making three saves in the second half. The two combined for the
Redbirds' fourth shutout this season.
Of the Redbirds' 11 games this season that have not been draws,
nine were settled by one goal or less. With Wednesday's win, ISU
improves to 7-2 in those games.
Illinois State continues its four-game homestand Wednesday
against Northern Iowa at 3 p.m. The match against the Ramblers was
the Redbirds' final nonconference game of the season, as just four
Missouri Valley Conference games remain in the regular season.
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Box score
[Text from
news release received from
Illinois State University]
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