Women's Soccer

Cougars Host Two Conference Games
         The No. 15-ranked SIUE’s women’s soccer team will play host to two important Great Lakes Valley Conference matches this weekend.
         Saint Joseph’s comes to Korte Stadium for a Friday match up. The Pumas enter the game with a 3-6-1 overall record and a 2-2 record in the GLVC. Game time is set for 5:30 p.m.
         Wisconsin-Parkside is currently second in the conference standings with a 7-1-1 record and a 3-0-1 conference mark. The Rangers also boast one of the league’s top scorers in Megan Jurvis.
         “Wisconsin-Parkside has always been a team that can knock you off,” Coach Lynda Bowers said. “This will not be a cake walk for us.”
         Bowers insists her team will be ready for this stretch of important conference games. “Every conference game is important for home-field advantage and possibility of a tournament bid,” she said.
         SIUE is coming off a non-conference win at William Woods to improve its record to 7-1 overall and 1-1 in the GLVC. Every Cougar player saw playing time in the 5-1 win.
         “It was nice to get other players in the game to see what they could do,” Bowers said. “We had our reserves in for 75 percent of the game and still knocked in some goals. That shows the depth of our squad.”
         SIUE had its game against Lewis suspended due to bad weather. The game has yet to be rescheduled.
         Sara Decker (St. Louis) leads the team with four goals.
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