IOWA CITY, Iowa – The nationally ranked University of Iowa soccer team defeated Baylor, 3-0, on Sunday evening at Iowa Soccer Complex. The Hawkeyes advance to 4-0-2 on the season.
Graduate student Rielee Fetty opened the scoring for Iowa with a header off a corner kick assisted by fellow graduate student Lauren Geczik in the 56th minute. The Hawkeyes had 13 corner kicks compared to Baylor’s pair.
A goal from freshman Berit Parten in the 84th minute assisted by senior Elle Otto pushed the Hawkeye lead to 2-0. Parten has four goals in the last three games for the Hawkeyes.
Graduate student Maggie Johnston converted on a penalty kick in the 89th minute to give the Hawkeyes a 3-0 lead over the Bears in the game’s final minutes.
Iowa outshot Baylor, 21-7 for the game including, 11-0 in the first 45 minutes of play. The Hawkeye defense has now posted four consecutive shutouts.
Goalkeeper Macy Enneking had two saves for the Hawkeyes, both coming in the second half. Junior Azul Alvarez had eight saves for Baylor, four in each half.
Iowa has outscored their opponents, 13-2 on the season with the two goals allowed coming in the first two games of the season.
HEAR FROM HEAD COACH DAVE DIIANNI
“Congratulations to the seniors to get a win for senior day. There is always a lot of emotion. You try and tell them that it’s just one day and it’s more about the season, but it’s still emotional. Especially for that group, a lot of those players and some who walked last year, won a lot of games, and played over 100 games. So, they have had a great career here. I’m proud of them.”
“We didn’t have a great week of training. We trained like we had a Thursday game. We thought it would give us a bit more rest but it kind of takes you out of your rhythm a little bit. We played a little bit like how we trained. I thought we were disconnected and a little bit naïve in the first half. We created a lot of chances but a little bit naïve. I thought we should’ve been up three or four to nothing in the first half. Baylor hadn’t lost yet; they are a good team and showed it in the second half.”
HAWKEYE NOTABLES
- The Hawkeye defense has forced four consecutive shutouts.
- Iowa is averaging 2.17 goals per game while their opponents are averaging just 0.33 goals per game.
- Berit Parten now has eight goals on the season. 11 of her 19 shots have been on goal (.579).
- Kenzie Roling, Sofia Bush, and Elle Otto, lead Iowa with two assists on the season.
- 2 for the Money: Iowa’s record is 47-2-3 in its last 52 games when scoring two goals or more, which dates back to October of 2017.
- 90 Tracker: Rielee Fetty and Millie Greer were the two Hawkeye position players to register 90 minutes played. 18 Hawkeyes registered minutes in the victory over the Bears.
UP NEXT
The Hawkeyes open Big Ten play on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. (CT) where they host Nebraska at Iowa Soccer Complex. The Hawkeyes then travel to Ames where they take on Iowa State at 1:00 p.m. on Sept. 15th in the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series at Cyclone Sports Complex.
