Greencastle, Ind. - DePauw fell to Wooster Saturday by a score of 3-1. The Tigers fall to 9-6-1 (3-3-0) and the Fighting Scots improve to 10-3-2 (2-2-1).
Wooster scored the first goal of the game in the 17th minute when Josie Bencic scored a shot that glanced off the arm of goalkeeper Aubree Empie. DePauw answered back in the 58th minute when Payton Howard scored her first goal of the season off a corner kick from Sophia Patrey. The goal gave Howard and Patrey their first points of the season. Wooster stretched their lead back to onea goal with a goal by Emma Fischer in the 63rd minute before Josie Bencic scored the dagger in the 88th minute.
DePauw struggled to convert their chances against a tough goalkeeper, in Lucy Carlin, who stopped all five5 of the shots that came her way. DePauw was outshot 9-7. The Tigers held the advantage in corner kicks 7-5. Aubree Empie finished the game with two2 saves.
Despite the loss, DePauw remains in third place in the NCAC standings and Wooster is fifth. DePauw travels to Oberlin Saturday, November 1st to take on the Yeowomen at 2:30.