IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa women’s soccer fell to Northwestern, 2-1, on Thursday night at the Iowa Soccer Complex.

The Hawkeyes trailed early following a Northwestern header in the 18^th minute off a set piece.

Iowa recovered, piling on nine first-half shots, one of which connected in the 33^rd minute off the foot of senior captain Maggie Johnston. Setting up at the top of the box, Johnston launched a rocket up and over the Wildcat goalkeeper to even the score before halftime. Junior Elle Otto earned an assist on the play.

In the 64^th minute, Northwestern’s Ella Hase drilled another header sent by teammate Meg Boade.

That score would prove to be the game-winner, as Iowa dropped its third loss this season despite a 13-8 advantage in shots and an 8-6 edge in shots on goal.

Hawkeye goalkeeper Macy Enneking finished with four saves.

HEAR FROM HEAD COACH DAVE DIIANNI

“We are having a hard time defending as a group right now. There are a few discipline issues. We are missing some tackles. Instead of moving our feet, we decide to go to the ground. This game was built in transition. We knew it would be won in transition.

I thought we played really well for long periods of time, and it was just not enough to get a positive result against a good team that was much better than their record. Northwestern’s Meg Boade is a really good player.

We need to come back together tomorrow and decide that we are going to play a bit more collectively as a team. This group is wonderful to be with. That is probably what makes everyone so disappointed when we lose. It is a good group of kids. They work really hard. We are just learning some tough lessons right now, and it has cost us at times in the back end of the season.”

HAWKEYE NOTABLES

• 90 Tracker: Fifth-year Samantha Cary (11), freshman Millie Greer (11) and freshman Eva Pattison (2) each played the full 90 minutes for Iowa on the back line. The following position players have also recorded at least one 90-minute outing this season: senior Rielee Fetty (4), senior Maggie Johnston (4), freshman Sofia Bush, junior Kenzie Roling and sophomore Kellen Fife.

 UP NEXT

Iowa (8-3-3) hosts Maryland (3-7-5) on Oct. 15 at noon (CT) for the home finale.

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State (5-10-1, 2-6 Big 12) defeated Kansas (3-7-6, 0-6-2 Big 12) by a score of 1-0 on Thursday evening, behind Sophia Thomas’s first goal of the season, notching the team’s third shutout on the year.

The Cyclones and Jayhawks played a scoreless first half which saw Kansas outshoot Iowa State 14-5 across the first 45 minutes of action. KU tallied eight corners to ISU’s one and forced Avery Gillahan to be on the ball, as the redshirt freshman recorded seven saves in the first half.

ISU came out in the second half with their adjustments in mind, tightening down on defense and being more aggressive on the attack. The mindset paid off in the 55th minute, as Thomas – off a feed from Abigail Miller – converted off a right-footed shot into the back left of the net past a diving Kansas keeper.

The score was Sophia’s second of her career which brings her career points up to four. Miller notched her first assist of the year to bring her season point total up to five.

Gillahan recorded a new career-high nine saves on the evening, surpassing her old best of eight against Memphis, on her way to her third career shutout.

Iowa State and Gillahan handled every KU attempt in the second half, forcing most shots to be off-target and saving the two that weren’t. Seven Cyclones came off the bench on the evening as both teams dealt with the cold/windy weather.

Alex Campana and Mira Emma led the team in shots with two apiece as the Cyclones totaled 12 on the night. Kansas had 22 shots, nine of which were on target, but were unable to convert any into points.

For the 14th time this season, Chloe Broughton played all 90 minutes, as Hanna Reid, Olivia Edwards and Miller joined her in the 90-minute club.

Fannon’s Thoughts 

“We knew coming in it was going to be a really good, really enjoyable game of football. We knew that someone, and ultimately was us, was going to come out and win the game. We knew it was going to be a bit of a tactical chess game and we knew that at some point one of our players was going to step up and say, ‘Our team wants it more’ and they did and I’m proud of them.

Goals 

Iowa State: Sophia Thomas – 55’ (1)

Kansas: N/A

Assists

Iowa State: Abigail Miller (1)

Kansas: N/A

 Up Next 

Iowa State will next play in Manhattan this Sunday, October 15, when it takes on Kansas State. The Cyclones and Wildcats will kick off from the Little Apple at 1 p.m. and the match will be streamed on the Big 12 Now on ESPN+.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The Gold team defeated the Black team, 8-1, in game two of the Black and Gold Series.

The Gold team kept the momentum from game one rolling and scored eight runs on 11 hits. They were able to plate five runs in the third inning on RBIs from four different hitters. Freshman Jena Young and junior Tatianna Roman recorded back-to-back RBI triples in the inning. Young went 2-for-4 for three RBIs in the afternoon. Freshman Soo-Jin Berry recorded two RBIs for the Gold team.

The Gold team used the combination of four different arms in the circle. Despite not giving up a hit in two innings of work, freshman Mya Clarksurrendered one run in the first inning.  The remaining three pitchers of Andrea Jaskowiak, Maren Judisch and Haley Downe allowed no runs on three hits and struck out three.

The Black team also used four arms in the circle. Junior Devyn Greer was the only pitcher to not surrender a run. She started the game and went two innings allowing one hit and struck out three. Freshman Jaylee Ojo also struck out three gold hitters in two innings of work.

The Black team scored their lone run in the opening frame as senior Grace Banes scored on the RBI groundout from Kelsey Winters.  The team was able to reach base on 11 free passes but were unable to capitalize. Banes recorded three walks in the game.

Iowa returns to action next Thursday October 19 for the final game of the Black and Gold Series. First pitch at Bob Pearl Field is scheduled for 5 p.m. CT. Admission to the game is free.

The Trojan volleyball team put up a good fight, but fell short in 3 straight sets to the St. Albert Saintes. It was pink out night in Atlantic and the energy was present in the gymnasium. The first set saw back and forth action for both teams. Maddie Richter had an ace on the set and Atlantic was close to taking the opening set. St. Albert held on and stayed dominant at the net to take the lead 1-0 with a score of 25-22. Head Coach Michelle Blake was impressed from her teams efforts in the first set.

In the second set St. Albert remained focused and had few errors from the serving line. Atlantic on the other hand had 4 errors and lacked concentration. That would lead the Saintes to take the second set by a score of 25-15. Coach Blake noted the difference in her team from the first set.

In the third the match continued to slip away until near the end when Atlantic started to go on a run. Payton Harter had 2 kills which sparked some energy into the Trojans. In the end, St. Albert held on and won 25-11. Coach Blake saw some positives from her teams loss and has no fear going up against Des Moines Christian.

The Trojans are on the road next Tuesday facing the (34-7) Des Moines Christian Lions in the Class 3A Region 3 Quarterfinals in Des Moines.

The Class A District 3 title is on the line when eighth ranked Wapsie Valley visits Nashua-Plainfield Friday night.

That’s Wapsie Valley Head Coach Duane Foster, who adds that they will treat the matchup as a playoff game.

Nashua-Plainfield Head Coach Andrew Christiansen’s Huskies will face a Warriors defense which has held opponents scoreless in five of their six wins.

While the game is being played on “Friday the 13th,” Christiansen says his team is superstitious for other reasons.

Nashua-Plainfield is 5-2. Wapsie Valley is 6-1.