Kramer leads MLC women to win over Cougars
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New ULM — The Martin Luther College women’s team improved to 7-3-2 with a 3-1 win over Minnesota Morris Saturday in an Upper Midwest Athletic Conference women’s soccer match.
The Knights are coming off of its first win against Bethany Lutheran College for the first time since 2019 and are now on a three-game win streak and have six games to go in the regular season.
Anna Kramer scored two goals for the Knights in the game, while Sydney Buch had the other MLC goal. Alaina Hackmann had an assist, and Maria Vik had four saves.
Morris scored the first goal of the game in the 23rd minute of the game, with Malia Torotis hitting a shot in the top right corner. MLC responded three minutes later as Kramer cleaned up a rebound to tie the game at 1. The Knights kept up the pressure with another goal in the first half, with Buch putting a shot over the goalkeeper’s head on an assists by Hackman for a 2-1 lead in the 40th minute.
The scoring slowed down in the second half, but the Knights finally broke through for their third goal of the game as Kramer put it in the net with six minutes to play. The Knights held off the Cougars for the rest of the match to come away with the win.
MLC hosts BLC in a rematch on Wednesday.