LILIENTHAL TALLIES SIX POINTS IN NO. 6 NORTHEAST’S VICTORY OVER LAKE COUNTY

GRAYSLAKE, Ill. – The No. 6 Northeast Community College women's soccer team competed in their final regular-season match of the year Monday in Grayslake, Illinois as they took on the College of Lake County. The Hawks took the showdown by a final score of 4-0 to end their three-game trip to Illinois a perfect 3-0.

Northeast (6-2-2) was led on the afternoon by Lexie Lilienthal (Grand Island, Nebraska) as the sophomore tallied two goals and two assists in the showdown. Amelia Bingley (Melbourne, Australia) added three assists of her own as they Hawks were able to cruise through most of the matchup. Northeast will now return home with the beginning of ICCAC play on deck Saturday against Hawkeye Community College.

STAT SHEET:

Goals: Talia Sanders (Queensland, Australia), Lexie Lilienthal (Grand Island, Nebraska) (2), Hailey Holbrook (Broomfield, Colo.), Malana Gurmendi (Boulder, Colo.)

Assists: Amelia Bingley (Melbourne, Australia) (3), Lexie Lilienthal (2)

HEAR FROM THE HAWKS COACH:

Head Women's Soccer Coach Chad Miller on what went right in today's victory:

"I was really happy with how we came out in the second half," Miller said. "We looked a bit sluggish in the first half, but in the second half the switch came on. Our energy was great. Things were really clicking. We came here to see if we could get tested and we did. We played good competition, so it is a good feeling to see us come out with wins."

Miller on facing Hawkeye at home on Saturday:

"That is a big matchup to start off conference play," Miller said. "Hawkeye is a force, and we are going to have to be at our best. It is always exciting to start conference play, but then to start it against arguably one of the better teams in the conference, you have to be excited about that."

UP NEXT:

The Hawks will begin conference play at home in a battle with Hawkeye Community College at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Norfolk Veterans Memorial Field in Norfolk.

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