Central falls on the road in women’s soccer match

DUBUQUE — A young Central College women’s soccer team was defeated 2-0 Saturday at the University of Dubuque in an encouraging performance.

The Dutch (1-3-0, 1-3-0 American Rivers Conference) and the Spartans (4-2-1, 2-2-1 conference) played a scoreless match for the first 72 minutes before Dubuque scored the first of its two goals.

“We played almost 75 minutes of great soccer but they were able to get a couple at the end,” Kobylinski said. “Our team shape looked outstanding and we executed well. We feel we are closer today than we were yesterday.”

Dubuque only held a slight advantage in shot attempts (14-11) and corner kicks (3-2)

Offensively, Central had three shots on frame in the first 18 minutes but could not find the back of the net. Midfielder Abby Frey (freshman, Mesa, Ariz., Desert Ridge HS) was responsible for the first two shots on goal and forward Katie Wang (senior, Brooklyn Park, Minn., Park Center HS) had the other.

Freshman Jasmyn Bush (La Porte City, Union HS) made her first start in goal and recorded four saves for the Dutch.

Kobylinski was pleased with the backline of Maddi Fisher (freshman, Marion, Linn-Mar HS), Alyssa Knuth (sophomore, St. Joseph, Mich.), Syd Canney (junior, Adel, ADM HS) and Bridget Lynch (sophomore, Northglenn, Colo., Jefferson Academy).

“They were all tremendous,” he said.

The Dutch host Nebraska Wesleyan University on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m.

“I’m still really excited with what this team can do,” Kobylinski said. “Hopefully, we can put together a full 90 minutes on Tuesday.”