Sterling College

Sterling College honored its women's soccer seniors after their game Saturday in front of one biggest crowd's in the past decade and sent them out in style with a 5-2 win over Tabor College in their regular season finale in conjunction with the Sterling College Homecoming.

Sterling College found the net early and often in the first half out shooting the Blue jays 16-0.

Tabor played a lot of defense in the first half and did it well until the 11:52 mark when freshman Kylie Yates found the back of the net off an assist from senior Jaymi McAnally. In the 23rd minute junior Ashley Grimes found her self in front of the TC goal as she pounded in a cross from senior Erica Nielsen. Seven minutes later sophomore Kate Good touched a ball past the Blue jay keeper off an assist from Nielsen. Sterling would carry a 3-0 lead into the halftime break.

Senior Dani Wagner added a goal just two minutes into the second half off a pass from McAnally. Just six minutes later Tabor's Jessica Burden was taken down just inside the eighteen yard box and converted on a penalty kick to bring the score to 4-1. Burden struck again three minutes later when she broke thru the Warrior defense and slotted one into the back of the net bring the score to 4-2.

The rest of the way it was all Warriors as Elisabeth Gafford finished the game off with an unassisted goal. Sterling won the game 5-2.

Sterling finishes the regular season with a 7-10 overall record, including 5-4 in KCAC play, and will face the University of Saint Mary on Tuesday at 3:00pm at the Sterling College Soccer Field. If the Lady Warriors win they will head into the KCAC Post-Season Semifinals to face Kansas Wesleyan at 11am on Friday on the campus of Friends University.