DECORAH – Cornell's women's soccer team hung around with first-place Luther most of the way in a 3-0 Midwest Conference loss Saturday night on the road.
In the teams' first meeting since 2014, the Norse (7-2-4 overall, 6-0-2 MWC) had the upper hand early after scoring twice in the opening 10 minutes. Luther added its third and final goal at the 62-minute mark.
Eva Plathe recorded Cornell's lone shot on goal.
Ayah Habhab and
Kendall Shockey also had one shot apiece.
Goalkeeper
Violet Fiers worked all 90 minutes for the Rams and finished with two saves.
The Norse fired 19 shots and held a 5-2 advantage in corner kick chances.
Coming up – The Rams close the season next Saturday, Oct. 31, with a 1:30 p.m. road match against in-state rival Grinnell (5-9-2 overall, 3-4-1 MWC).
