MENOMONIE, WI - The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (12-3-3, 3-1-2) women's soccer played UW-Stout (4-8-6, 0-4-2) to a 0-0 tie on Saturday in Menomonie. UW-Whitewater finished with a 19-8 shot advantage, including 16 shots in the second half, but were unable to find the back of the net.
Lauren Ripley (Brookfield, Wis./East) made three saves in her 10th clean sheet of the season.
UW-Whitewater kept the first half scoreless, with
Lauren Ripley (Brookfield, Wis./East) saving Tessa Pagel's 16:14 shot and the defense getting through two later UW-Stout attempts without conceding.
UW-Whitewater generated early set-piece pressure with corner kicks at 9:33 and 27:16, and
Genevieve Simkowski (Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park-River Forest) put a shot over the top in the 23rd minute. The half grew more physical from 27:56 to 36:53, when the teams combined for five fouls while the score remained 0-0.
UW-Whitewater pushed again late, as
Rachel Cvikel (Franklin, Wis./Saint Thomas More) shot wide at 38:08 and
Rowan Severson (Mount Horeb, Wis./Mount Horeb) forced a Kristen Silenzi save at 43:39 before the teams went to halftime tied 0-0.
UW-Whitewater opened the second half on the attack, getting shots from
Karina Osborn (Arena, Wis./River Valley), Simkowski,
Tessa Czajkowski Higgins (Prairie du Chien, Wis./Prairie du Chien) and Wilson in the first seven minutes, with Silenzi saving efforts by Simkowski and Wilson.
Ripley helped keep the Blue Devils off the board in the middle of the half, saving shots by Pagel in the 63rd minute and Mckenna Long in the 68th as UW-Stout generated chances and a corner by the 76th minute.
UW-Whitewater continued to press after that, with
Isabella Torres (Joliet, Ill./Central),
Leah Dehne (Waterford, Wis./Waterford) and
Ryan Kadlec (Lakemoor, Ill./Grant Community) adding attempts before a last late surge from the Warhawks UW-Whitewater closed the second half with eight shots and a corner from 82:59 to 89:00, including
Jasmine Wilson's (Sussex, Wis./Sussex-Hamilton) shot off the woodwork and saved attempts by Simkowski and
Jenna Laidlaw (Aberdeen, Scotland/Aberdeen Grammar), but the match stayed 0-0.
Ripley made three saves over 90 minutes for her 10th shut-out of the season.
The Warhawks stay out on the road for their next contest against Bethel, taking on the Royals tomorrow, Sunday, October 25th. Kick-off is set for 1 PM in St. Paul.
