UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. -- The Saginaw Valley State University women's soccer team erupted for four goals in the second half after trailing 1-0 to double up visiting Wisconsin-Parkside, 4-2, on Friday at the SVSU Intramural Soccer Field.

The host Cardinals improve to 4-3-2 on the season and 2-2-1 in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, while the Rangers dip to 4-5-0 overall and 1-4-0 in the GLIAC.

How it Happened:

• Emily Mikkelson fed Jamie Mohs for her first goal of the season to give Parkside the early lead in the seventh minute.
• The Cardinals pressured the Rangers' goal in the first half, outshooting them 7-6 with Mia Guyton forced to make six saves to preserve a 1-0 advantage at halftime.
• But it all changed in the second half for SVSU, which found the back of the net with four tallies in a span of 13 minutes and 16 seconds.
• Stephanie Strong got Saginaw Valley on the scoreboard in the 70^th minute when Kaley Douglass set her up for her third goal of the season.
• Then in the 73^rd minute, Rileigh Garbarz put SVSU ahead for the first time on the afternoon, 2-1, on a pass from Sophia Zalucki.
• After Parkside tied it 2-2 on Bjork Bjarmadottir's first goal of 2022 in the 80^th minute, Zalucki notched her first career marker 51 seconds later to put the Cardinals in front for good, 3-2.
• SVSU got insurance in the 83^rd minute when Madi Bajis scored her second goal of the fall on an assist from Amy Babon.

Inside the Box Score:

• Both Strong and Zalucki had a goal and an assist for three points to pace the Cardinals.
• Strong leads SVSU with nine points and is tied with Garbarz for the team lead of three goals.
• SVSU's Kennedi Pugh had four saves and is now 2-1-2 on the season.
• Guyton ended up with nine stops.
• Mikkelson finished with a pair of assists.
• For the contest, the Cardinals outshot the Rangers 17 to 9 and had 11 of the game's 16 corner kicks.

Up Next

Saginaw Valley hosts conference foe Purdue Northwest at 1 p.m. Sunday.