River Forest, Ill. – Dominican University Women's Soccer hosted the Vikings of North Park University for their second home game of the season.

  Results:
  Dominican: 2
  North Park: 1

  How it Happened:
  - The Stars got the first shot of the game with Senior Natalia Lopez putting a shot on the target in the 9^th minute of the game.
-DU had two more chances in the first half with Senior Sarah Borsellino and Junior Mackenzie Cuddihy, who both had shots on target but neither found the back of the net.
-Freshman Logan Shanks scored the first Dominican University goal of the season, and it was also Shanks's first collegiate goal in the 33^rd minute of the game. The assists were credited to Freshman Liliana Arechiga and Cuddihy.
-The Stars would go into the halftime break with a 1-0 lead and a total 9 shots in the first half, compared to the Vikings' 1.
-North Park found the equalizer in the 58^th minute.
-The score remained 1-1 until the 80^th minute when DU won a free kick in the final third. Lopez stepped up to take the free kick and buried it off the far side netting to give Dominican a late 2-1 lead.
-Sophomore Meadow Pratt made two huge saves in the 84^th minute to hold the lead for the Stars.
- 2-1 would be the final, with DU outshooting NPU 16 to 6. Dominican also had 6 corner kicks compared to North Park's 0.
  

  Shining Stars:
  -Senior Natalia Lopez scored the game-winning goal for the Stars in the 80^th minute off a free kick. Lopez had 4 total shots, 2 of them being on target in her 90 minutes of play.
-Freshman Logan Shanks was a huge spark plug off the bench for DU, scoring her first collegiate goal. Shanks had 2 shots; both of them hit the target, and one of them found the back of the net.
-Senior Sarah Matuszek collected 2 shots in the game, with both of them being on goal.
-Senior Sierra Rioux added 4 shots this afternoon, and 2 of them found the target.
-Junior Mackenzie Cuddihy notched one of the assists in the first goal. Cuddihy also had a shot on target in the match.
-Freshman Lilana Arechiga collected her first collegiate assist in the first goal of the game.
-Sophomore Meadow Pratt made her first start in net of the season and collected 4 saves.  

  Leading the Way:
  Goals: Shanks and Lopez (1)
  Assists: Cuddihy and Arechiga (1)
  Shots: Lopez and Rioux (4)
  Shots on Goal: Matuszek, Lopez, and Rioux (2)
  Saves: Pratt (4)
  Minutes: 5 Players (90)

  What's Next:
Dominican University Women's Soccer moves to 1-1-0 on the season. The Stars will be back in action on Saturday, September 6^th, when they travel to North Central College to face off against their second straight CCIW opponent.
 

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