IU Northwest Shutsout IU Kokomo 1-0 in Womens Soccer

IU Northwest picked up a shutout victory Tuesday night, defeating IU Kokomo 1-0 in East Chicago.

The RedHawks came out on the attack and nearly found the opener in the first eight minutes.

IU Kokomo goalkeeper Liz Godfrey stopped shots from Xiomara Santana and Mari Williams, before Williams rattled another attempt off the crossbar at 7:41.

IU Kokomo responded with some opportunities of its own, but IU Northwest finally broke through at 18:35.

Mari Williams scored her second goal of the season, putting the RedHawks ahead 1-0. No assist was credited on the goal.

And that would turn out to be the only goal of the night.

IU Northwest continued to generate opportunities, finishing the match with 28 shots and 15 shots on goal.

IU Kokomo goalkeeper Liz Godfrey was kept busy throughout the night and made seven official goalkeeper saves while allowing only the one goal.

The Cougars didn’t go quietly.

IU Kokomo finished with 10 shots, including seven on target. Kaiya Money led the Cougars with three shots, putting all three on goal. Kaitlyn Swartzendruber, Gia Tumber, Charity Lewis and Madison Balf also generated attempts on target.

But IU Northwest goalkeeper Kaleigh Blatti and the RedHawk defense made the one-goal advantage stand.

Blatti played all 90 minutes and was credited with four saves in the clean sheet. The RedHawks also received defensive saves from Madison Polzin and Ava Haluska.

IU Northwest’s Mari Williams was the most dangerous attacking player on the field, finishing with nine shots, five on goal and the game-winning goal.