MILWAUKEE, Wis. –
Ines Rodriguez (
Sr.-Newark, Calif.) led five players scoring a goal and the Lakeland University women's soccer team wrapped up its season with a 5-0 win over Alverno College Wednesday afternoon.
Rodriguez scored a goal and added two assists and four others scored goals as the Muskies defeated the Inferno for the second time this season. Lakeland closed out its campaign with a 5-13 record, a three-win improvement from last year's win total.
Lakeland scored all five of its goals in the first half, including Rodriguez assisting on the match's first two goals. The first came from
Ashlyn Jimenez (
So.-Crown Point, Ind.) just minutes into the match for her first goal of the season. The second was scored by
Malaya Sperber (
Sr.-Cedar Grove, Wis.), who tallied her team-leading 12th goal of the season, a number tied for second in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference and the most by a Muskie since Mimi Pulido scored 13 goals in 2015.
Rodriguez then scored in the 31st minute, her third goal of the season, as the Muskies added three goals in the final 15 minutes of the first half.
Mikayla Belasco (
Sr.-Muskegon, Mich.) scored her fourth goal of the season for a 4-0 lead, and
Emily Guy (
Sr.-Glendale Heights, Ill.) scored just before halftime for her first collegiate goal in her final game.
Lakeland finished outshooting Alverno 40-6 for the match, including 21-3 in the first half and 19-3 in the second half.
Ingrid Steinbock (
Jr.-Sheboygan, Wis.) made five saves for her fourth shutout of the season.
Sperber finished her career with 24 goals and 57 points, ranking 11th-best in both categories in program history. Steinbock's 194 saves for the season also finished as second most in a season in school history.
The match was the final one for seven Lakeland seniors: Belasco, Guy, Rodriguez, Sperber,
Lia Armstrong (
Fort Wayne, Ind.),
Madie Linka (
Somerset, Wis.) and
Taytum Theobald (
Howards Grove, Wis.).
