Lady Toppers Earn 2-0 Exhibition Win at Chattanooga - Western Kentucky University Athletics

Saturday, August 5

Chattanooga, TN

11 AM

Western Kentucky University

1-0-0, 0-0-0

Chattanooga (Exhibition)

0-1-0, 0-0-0

Team	1	2	Final F
Western Ky.	0	2	2
Chattanooga	0	0	0

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8/5/2023 1:51:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — WKU Soccer unofficially got the 2023 season going on Saturday afternoon with a 2-0 win at Chattanooga in exhibition play.

"Chattanooga is a good, well-coached team, and we appreciated the opportunity to play them this early in the preseason," said head coach Jason Neidell. "We were outplayed for large stretches of the game, and we left with a much better idea of things that we need to work on. We felt fortunate to get a result today and I'm proud of our kids for being coachable and recommitting at halftime to the few things we've had a chance to train up to this point. I'm happy with where we are in the early preseason, but it's a long journey ahead."

It was a scoreless first half, but Katie Erwin got the Lady Toppers on the board first with a penalty kick in the 57th minute. Kayla Meyer made it 2-0 in the 71st minute. Meyer was WKU's leading goal scorer in 2022 and Erwin had the most assists in 2022.

Goalkeeper Maddie Davis played all 90 minutes in goal for WKU. Davis made six saves on the day.

WKU had five shots on the day, putting three on goal. Meyer had two while Erwin and freshmen Alaina Nugier and Kora Kipley each had one.

The Lady Toppers will be back in action on Thursday, Aug. 10 at Belmont. The match is set for a 6:30 p.m. start time in Nashville. WKU will open the regular season on Thursday, Aug. 17 against Tennessee Tech at the WKU Soccer Complex at 7 p.m.

How to follow the Lady Toppers: For complete information on WKU Soccer, visit WKUSports.com or follow the program via social media @WKU_Soccer on Twitter and Instagram and @WKUSoccer on Facebook.