Women's Soccer Defeats La Salle For the First Time in Philadelphia Since 1999

Thursday, August 24

Philadelphia, PA

6 PM

University of Delaware

2-2-0, 0-0-0

La Salle

1-2-0, 0-0-0

Delaware

La Salle

Photo by: Nick Vuylsteke

8/24/2023 9:19:00 PM | Women's Soccer

PHILADELPHIA - The University of Delaware women's soccer program defeated La Salle 2-1 on Thursday.

COACHES QUOTE

"It's not easy to win games on the road and certainly not easy to win at LaSalle," head coach Kelly Lawrence said. "We have good depth in the squad and so a lot of players got opportunities tonight and produced good performances. Every game is an opportunity to see what we're made of. We faced significant adversity tonight. Weathered the storm and at times bent but we didn't break. Super proud of all 30 players tonight."

PLAYER QUOTE

"I'm really proud of the team for battling against one of the most physical opponents we've played so far" Grace Harvey said. "It was a great opportunity to test our grit early in the season. Our two goals coming from a defender & first year testify to the group effort that was required for the win."

HEN HIGHLIGHTS

Kyla Burns was credited with the decision and had three saves. She split time with Mia Reed and combined for five total saves on the day.
The Blue Hens saw 20 athletes who received playing time in Thursday's game.
Delaware had seven shots, and three shots on goal.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Constanze Viehmann opened the game with a goal in the 19th minute of the first half. She beat out the goal keeper and struck the ball to the top right corner of the net. It was the sophomore's first career goal
The Blue Hens struck again in the second half with a goal from Willa Pratt in the 71st minute with the assist coming from Krisitin Wolf. The goal was also the first of her career
The Explorers wouldn't go down without a fight and cut the Blue Hens lead to 2-1. The Explorers put a lot of pressure on UD over the last 10 minutes but the Blue Hens held strong on the defensive end.

GAME NOTES

Thursday was the 16th all time match between the Blue Hens and the Explorers. The series between the two programs is now tied at 8-8.
This is the first time the Blue Hens defeated La Salle since Sept. 15, 2017, and is the first time they defeated the Explorers in Philadelphia since Sept. 5, 1999.

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