Lakeland College

Muskies tripped up by Elmhurst 9-4

Athletics - posted on 9/3/2008

The Lakeland College women's soccer team surrendered six goals prior to halftime en route to its first defeat of the 2008 season, a 9-4 loss to Elmhurst on Wednesday afternoon at Lakeland.

"Today was very frustrating," Lakeland head coach David Madsen said. "It was a very slow start for us. We were fortunate to get the first goal that we got, and I kind of thought that we'd figure things out and settle into our game a little more. But it really took us the whole first half to kind of settle in and that was kind of a tough thing."

After taking a 2-1 lead in the 17^th minute when a beautiful cross from freshman midfielder Brittney Smit (St. Cloud) was volleyed in by senior forward Amy Christensen (Dodgeville), the Muskies (2-1) allowed the Bluejays to score five unanswered goals.

Lakeland closed the gap to 6-4 in the 49^th minute when senior midfielder Maggie Short (Green Bay) hooked one in from the right side off an assist from sophomore forward Maria Santelli (Kenosha). However, Elmhurst (2-1) found the back of the net three more times to close the match.

"We deserved to be in this game, we deserved to have a chance to win this game," Madsen said. "The defensive lapses were just too big for us to make up today. I think that's something that needs a lot of attention right now."

The Muskies received a stellar effort from Christensen, who scored twice to raise her season total to four, which is tied for the team lead. Santelli also notched a goal for the Muskies.

"It's just very frustrating to see us, in the same game, play so well at times and so poorly at times," Madsen said. "I think if we're able to put things together, we'll see that success. Right now it's just a matter of us being able to put together those 90 minutes."

Lakeland will hit the road this Saturday to play UW-Whitewater at 2:30 p.m.

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