Kaitlyn Fritsch (Cottage Grove/Monona Grove) scored the first goal of the season for the UW-Whitewater women's soccer team in a 2-0 victory over the University of Dubuque Sunday at Fiskum Field in Whitewater.  The Warhawks' win is their first of the season as they improve to 1-2-0 while Dubuque suffered their first loss to fall to 2-1-1.

The Warhawks made it known they were going to be on the attack the entire game when Sarah Sedlar (Racine/Case) fired a shot in the fourth minute that was saved by Spartan goalkeeper Chelsea Hawkins.  Two more shots in the first fifteen minutes sailed high but UW-W kept the pressure on.  In the 28th minute Fritsch found the back of the net for her, and the team's, first goal of the season to give UW-W a 1-0 lead.

The 1-0 lead grew to 2-0 in the 50th minute when Chrissy Tooren (Hoffman Estates, IL/Hoffman Estates) ripped a shot into the right side of the net from about 20 yards out.  The goal is the 28th of Tooren's career placing her eighth in the UW-W record book, one shy of seventh.

Dubuque kept firing, shooting 13 times in the second half, but the UW-W defense and goalkeeper Jordan Myers (Aurora, IL/Waubonsie Valley) stayed strong.  Myers made two saves en route to the shutout.

The Warhawks will look to win their second in a row when they travel to Dubuque, Iowa on September 12 for a game against Loras College beginning at  5:30 pm.  UW-W will look to reclaim the "Hawk Cup" in the second annual match with the Duhawks.  Last year Loras defeated UW-W 3-2 in Whitewater.

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