Ginther's Brace Gives Roos Second-Straight Win

Friday, August 27

Carbondale, IL

7:00 PM

Kansas City

2-1-0, 0-0-0

Southern Illinois

0-2-1, 0-0-0

Team	1	2	Final F
Kansas City	1	2	3
Southern Ill.	1	1	2

Photo by: Ryan Weaver Photography

Ginther's Brace Gives Roos Second-Straight Win

8/27/2021 10:33:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Kassi Ginther scored twice to equalize and Rileigh Kuhns secured the game-winner in the 70th minute

CARBONDALE, Ill. - Kassi Ginther paved the way to victory for the Roos for the second game in a row on Friday evening, scoring two goals en route to a 3-2 victory over Southern Illinois. Rileigh Kuhns added the game-winner in the 70th minute to secure KC's second-straight victory.

KEY MOMENTS

4' | SIU jumped out to an early lead when the Salukis' Emma Spotak put away her first goal of the season.
9' | Kansas City looked to respond off the foot of Lily Stedman, but her shot glanced off of the cross bar and sailed out of bounds
20' | Bela Gonzalez entered the game and made an immediate impact, taking a shot that was blocked by the Salukis' back line.
35' | Ginther took a pass from Lillie Fields, using her evasiveness to elude the SIU keeper and equalize the game at 1-1.
37' | Ginther wanted another one quickly, but her shot went high of the goal.
54' | After being the aggressors early in the second half, SIU reclaimed the lead when Ashley Scesniak put the ball into the back of the net.
60' | Ginther wasted no time equalizing again, securing the first brace of her college career on the assist from Morgan McLaughlin.
70' | Less than 10 minutes later, Rileigh Kuhns found the back of the net with an assist from Gabrielle Simms. The goal was Kuhns' first of the season.
84' | Anna Jennings tried to ice the game with a shot on goal, but SIU's keeper was there to make the save.
89' | Natasha Richardson made the save of the game in the closing minutes, keeping the Salukis out of goal and securing the victory.

STATS TO NOTE

With three goals in the Roos' first three games, Ginther is just one goal away from tying her single-season record of four goals. She reached that number as a sophomore at Iowa State in 2018.
Kuhns, who led the Roos with three goals last year, scored her first goal of the season and the first game-winner of her career.
Despite being outshot 7-3 in the second half, Kansas City put all three of its second half shots on goal and scored with two of them.
McLaughlin, Fields and Simms each dished assists on KC's goals, the first of all of their careers.
Sophia Limongi and Emma Wilson each played the full 90 minutes in the outfield for Kansas City.

COACH JESS SMITH, QUOTED
"We scored three quality goals tonight that were the result of great buildup play in our middle third, which was a focus this week for our group. I'm disappointed with the goals we gave up, but we will learn from these moments and be better going forward."

UP NEXT
The Roos will complete their weekend trip with a Sunday matchup against SIUE at 2 p.m. The Cougars qualified for the 2020 NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament by winning the Ohio Valley Conference.