Leavenworth, Kan. The Central Methodist University women's soccer team defeated the University of Saint Mary Spires on Saturday afternoon by a final of 2-1 in Leavenworth, Kansas.
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With the victory, Central Methodist improves to 4-4-2 on the season, while Saint Mary falls to 5-3 overall.
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The first 20 minutes of Saturday's contest were quiet, but then the action picked up. Central Methodist attacked for the matches' first goal in the 21^st minute, scored by Nicki Noreen.
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The Spires wasted no time, answering back with a goal of their own just 23 seconds later from Ashley Wilcox to even things at one a piece.
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Following halftime, CMU moved the ball down field when Lady Tiriat found Fernanda Ramirez, for what proved to be the game winning goal in the 50^th minute.
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Central Methodist outshot Saint Mary 31-4 on the afternoon. Nicki Noreen had a team high seven shots, five of them were on goal.
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The Lady Eagles return to conference action on Tuesday evening when they travel to face Evangel. The match is scheduled to begin at 5pm.
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