Box Score Crookston, Minn.- The Golden Eagle soccer team finished off a quality weekend with a 1-0 win over Southwest Minnesota State University, Sunday afternoon. The conference win ups the Golden Eagles overall record to 3-11-2, 2-9-2 in the NSIC. The Mustangs drop to 5-10-1, 4-8-1.
 
The Golden Eagles controlled the play through the first half with their best scoring opportunity coming in the 43^rd minute as freshman forward, Abe Aswege (West Bend, Wis.) tried to chip a ball over the Mustangs' goalkeeper from close in. The second half was a back and forth effort with SMSU getting the better scoring opportunities. UMC's freshman keeper, Jacqueline Burke (Anchorage, Alaska) faced a number of shots but she was never really tested in the conference win.
 
The game's only goal was scored in the 80^th minute of play as senior forward, Kallie Gau (Monticello, Minn./Early Childhood and Elementary Education) scored off a scramble in front of the Mustang's net. The ball was sent in off a Samantha Deutsch (Sr., Lakeville, Minn./Accounting and Finance) corner kick that Hannah Riveland (R-Fr., Moorhead, Minn.) got a shot off a header which was saved by Jessica Craigmile (Fr., Adel, Iowa). Gau found the rebound off the Riveland shot and buried a close in opportunity that proved to be the game winner.
 
The Golden Eagles will wrap up their 2016 season next weekend with a road game in Duluth on Friday and a home match versus St. Cloud State University on Sunday.
 
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The University of Minnesota Crookston is an NCAA Division II Institution and a member of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC). The Golden Eagle Equestrian team is a member of the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA).