Sioux City, IA – Competing as a nationally ranked team for the first time this season, the Indian Hills Women's Soccer team went on the road to earn a convincing 4-0 victory at Western Iowa Technical Community College. The Warriors move to 4-1-0 overall on the year.
The Warriors, who entered the national rankings for the first time this season at No. 20 in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) DI Women's Soccer Poll, scored a pair of goals in each half to run past the Comets and pick up the team's fourth consecutive victory. Indian Hills has outscored its opponents 15-1 during the four-game stretch.
Indian Hills picked up an early goal in the 10th minute from sophomore Ella Forsyth (Grimes, IA/Dallas Center-Grimes) on an assist from Meghan Lorjuste (Montreal, Canada/Ecole Marie-Anne). The Warriors struck again just five minutes later on a strike from sophomore Arnicka Louis (Castries, Saint Lucia/Sir Ira Simmons). Sophomore Mayo Kawashima (Osaka, Japan/Osaka Gakugei) and freshman Momoka Kinoshita (Kagawa, Japan/Kagawa Nishi) were credited with the helpers.
The Warriors maintained the comfortable two-goal advantage until the 66th minute when sophomore Kiara Levac (Sudbury, Canada/E.S.C. I'Horizon) put the match out of reach with a goal on an assist from Forsyth. Freshman Jenevieve Kuriki (Pleasant Hill, IA/Southeast Polk) capped the scoring in the 82nd minute for her first collegiate goal with assists from Kawashima and Forsyth.
Freshman Annabelle Combes (Valence, France/Tezenas du Montcel) was credited with the win in net after going untested for 80 minutes of action before giving way to sophomore Kyrsten DeWees (Oskaloosa, IA/Oskaloosa).
Indian Hills returns to action September 10 in a matchup witH Iowa Lakes Community College at the IHCC Soccer Complex in Ottumwa. Wednesday's matchup is part of a doubleheader with the Indian Hills Men's Soccer squad which kicks off at 3:30 PM.
NEW YEAR - WHAT TO KNOW
Fans can keep up the Indian Hills Women's Soccer squad all year long through a number of ways:
- X (formerly Twitter): @IHCCAthletics
- Facebook: Indian Hills Athletics
- Instagram: @IHCCWSoccer | @IHCCAthletics
- Youtube: Indian Hills Athletics
- Website: www.indianhillsathletics.com
- Catch up with the history of Indian Hills Women's Soccer: Indian Hills Women's Soccer Record Book | Indian Hills Men's Soccer All-Time Awards
- Keep up with former Indian Hills Men's Soccer standouts and where they are now | Next Level Warriors - Indian Hills Women's Soccer
- All home games are played at IHCC Soccer Comlpex on the Indian Hills Ottumwa campus
- Admission to all home matches is free of charge
HOW TO WATCH
As always, GoHillsTV provides free live broadcasts of all Indian Hills home men's soccer games. Fans can tune in a number of ways all season long:
- Facebook: visit www.facebook.com/gohillstv
- GoHillsTV App: Download the Iowa Media Network app on your android or ios device and navigate to the GoHillsTV section
- Website: https://www.iowamedianetwork.com/gohillstv to catch all live and archived information
- Roku Streaming Device (new): Have a Roku TV or streaming stick? Download the GoHillsTV app to start streaming today!
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