ERIC THIELE ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
The Knights women’s soccer team dropped their second game of the season on Saturday, to Luther 2-0.
After a scoreless first half, Luther struck in the 57th minute to make the score 1-0.
In the 64th minute, the Norse struck again to make the score 2-0.
“I think we struggled to get rhythm going today like we would have liked. We hit the post in the first half on a potential goal. We did have some good looks that just didn’t go in. It just wasn’t our day,” head coach T.J. Buchholz said.
For the day, the Knights had nine shots, with only two of them on goal.
On Wednesday, the Knights were defeated by Coe, 1-0, shut out for first time since Sept. 2007.
The only goal of the match was in the 81st minute. The Knights had plenty of opportunities as they were able to take 18 shots, nine of them being on goal.
“It was a ball played in on a long ball and their girl headed it and our goalie came out and went for it and the ball went to the other side of the goal. It was an unfortunate goal. We had plenty of chances to score and just weren’t able to put it away,” Buchholz said.
The Knights had key injuries to their starting goalie, Christina Ernst and backup goalie, Monica Noti. Leading scorer Lauren Thomas was also injured this week.
“I think we’ve had a little bit of adversity with some players this week and it’s been a hard week. I think we have played hard and had a chance to get the win against Coe,” Buchholz said.
The Knights finished the regular season 14-2-2 and will start the conference tournament Tuesday, Nov. 3 at a site to be determined.
Photo: Kaylee Benning dribbles the ball up the field at home against Luther College on Saturday. Benning finished the regular season second on the team in goals with six. Photo by Amanda Gahler