Western Courier

Issue date: 8/27/07 Section: Sports

Media Credit: File Photo Senior midfielder Bess Rapp was one of six Western players to take a shot in the Westerwinds' 0-0 draw during an exhibition game against Iowa Saturday.

The Western Illinois women's soccer team played Iowa to a 0-0 draw on Saturday in its final exhibition game at the Iowa Soccer Complex in Iowa City, playing a total of 110 minutes of soccer.

"It was a lot of soccer," said coach Tony Guinn. "It was a very hard-fought game and our girls really dug and grinded the entire game. I'm really happy with our all-around effort.

"It's a really good feeling to play this well on the road against a Big Ten (Conference) team. The girls not only represented Western Illinois very well, but The Summit League as well," he added.

The stats for both teams were as even as the score of the game. Western Illinois took 12 shots to Iowa's 11 and both keepers had four saves. The stat that stood out during the game was the Westerwinds' nine corner kicks to Iowa's sole corner kick.

"Having that many more corner kicks is a real positive," Guinn said. "We were on the attack a lot, we just couldn't capitalize off those opportunities."

Western relied on senior goalie Julie Remes for all 110 minutes on Saturday. She recorded four saves during the shutout.

Junior Ashley Hoch took four shots and senior Kelly Warner added three, including two shots on goal.

The Westerwinds will open up the regular season against Southern Indiana on Friday at 5 p.m. at John MacKenzie Alumni Field in Macomb.

-Western Illinois University
Athletics Media Services

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