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Wildcats Ruin Yellowjacket Home Opener

Bailey Henderson made 13 saves in the season opener against St. Catherine.
Box Score

St. Catherine 7, Yellowjackets 0

Tuesday marked the beginning of a new era for the Yellowjacket women's soccer team. Fielding a roster nearly double the size of last year's squad, the Yellowjackets come into 2015 excited for the future as they head into the first season in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC). Before conference play cranks up, however, there are a few non-conference games on the schedule to prime the pump for UMAC competition. First on the docket is MIAC foe St. Catherine University.

The Wildcats came into Tuesday's match a steadily improving club and are knocking on the door of the post-season in the MIAC. They got the 2015 season off to a good start, and ruined the Yellowjacket home opener in the process. Hannah Okerstrom scored her first of two goals just over 14 minutes into the match, leading the Wildcats to a 7-0 win on a steamy afternoon at the Yellowjacket Soccer Complex.

Okerstrom also had an assist in addition to her two goals, pacing an offense that put 20 shots on Yellowjacket goalkeeper Bailey Henderson (Oakdale, Minn./North St. Paul).

Up 1-0 a third of the way through the first half, St. Catherine got a goal from Elly Leyva in the 29th minute to make it 2-0. A goal 11 minutes later made it a 3-0 game at the half. Ellen Kokes made it 4-0 less than four minutes into the second half. Kelly Molitor scored at the 70-minute mark, followed by goals from Okerstrom and Anna Pedersen, each scoring their second of the match, to make the final score 7-0.

Danielle Mendez got the start and played the first 70 minutes, finishing with two saves. Shelby Fehringer closed out the game, playing the final 20 minutes.

Henderson finished the game with 13 saves for the Yellowjackets.

"It was a good early test for our team," said Yellowjacket Head Coach Morgan MacLean. "We did some good things, but there are also some things that we didn't do so well. This early in the year you are always going to find things that you need to work on and our team is no different. We'll make some adjustments in our next couple of practices be a better team when we hit the field this weekend against Saint Mary's."

The Yellowjackets (0-1-0, 0-0-0 UMAC) hit the road and travel to Winona, Minnesota to take on the Cardinals of Saint Mary's University. Game time on Saturday, September 5 is set for 3:00 p.m.
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Players Mentioned

Bailey Henderson

#1 Bailey Henderson

GK
5' 5"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Bailey Henderson

#1 Bailey Henderson

5' 5"
Sophomore
GK