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UW-Eau
Claire 3, UW-Whitewater 1
Blasczyk's
Second Half Goals Lead Blugolds Over Warhawks
Kari Blasczyk scored two second half goals to break a halftime
deadlock and lead UW-Eau Claire past UW-Whitewater 3-1 in the semifinals of
the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament
at the Pointer Soccer Bowl in Stevens Point.
The third-seeded Blugolds will make their sixth title match
appearance Saturday at 1 p.m. UW-Eau Claire (15-4) will meet UW-Stevens
Point (17-4), which has beaten the Blugolds in all five of their previous
title match appearances.
UW-Whitewater (13-5-2) took an early lead 16:58 into the match when
Bryn Wagner lofted a high shot from 25 yards out that sailed over the head
of Blugolds' goalie Chandra Butterfield. The Blugolds evened the match at
the 34:42 mark on a goal by Tina Welle and then, like UW-Stevens Point in
the earlier semifinal, used a strong second half wind to take control.
The Blugolds outshot the Warhawks 28-9 for the match, including a
19-5 advantage in the second half. Kari Blasczyk finally got the Blugolds on
the board, putting in a rebound of a shot by Erika Thompson that deflected
off the head of Nikki Johnston at the 67:55 mark.
Blasczyk scored again at the 83:43 mark off a cross by Andrea
VandenHeuvel to account for the final scoring.
Bonny Bodis made 12 saves for the Warhawks and Chandra Butterfield
stopped six shots for UW-Eau Claire.
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