RIVER FOREST, Ill. – Dominican University's women's soccer program defeated regionally-ranked Wheaton College 3-0 on Tuesday afternoon in non-conference play.
DU came out energized from the start and opened the scoring in the 13th minute when
Regan Coxon headed home a corner kick from
Alexandria Canarelli to put the Stars ahead 1-0. Coxon netted her second of the match after a beautiful build-up from Dominican.
Hannah Anderson found
Noelle Chong in the midfield, who then slotted a through ball to Coxon to put DU up 2-0 in the 39th minute.
Holding a 2-0 advantage at half, Dominican iced the match with a third goal from Coxon, again assisted by Canarelli, in the 49th minute. Coxon scored her goals with her head, her left-foot and then her right-foot, showing her versatility.
Dominican plays again tomorrow, Wednesday, Oct. 20, returning to its NACC slate with a matchup with Alverno at home at 3 p.m. Live coverage will be available via dustars.com.