By NICK VILLALOBOS
Sports Editor
Northwestern soccer ends its season with a 1-0 win against Southern Nazarene at home.
The Rangers entered their final game riding an 11 game losing streak, while the Crimson Storm entered after winning their last three games.
Ranger seniors Jade Nash, Evie Fagan, Arlet Polack and Laura Hughes all made their final starts for the Red and Black as well.
Momentum swings were a key topic of the first half as SNU fired off eight shots within the first 25 minutes establishing the early momentum.
The Rangers managed to shift the momentum over to their side at the 27:36 minute mark when junior Cydni Phelps recorded a shot at the SNU goal after teammate Jordan Gomes took the corner kick.
After another shot by Hughes, the momentum for the Rangers would fade back to the Crimson Storm for the remainder of the first half.
Both team’s headed into the break at a 0-0 deadlock.
The Crimson Storm outshot the Rangers in the first half, 12-2, but Northwestern managed to total more saves as Ranger goalkeeper Briana Legaspi recorded two.
The two saves for Legaspi would push her yearly total to 139 saves.
When the second half got started, SNU started the momentum yet again as they broke into Ranger territory and fired two shots early on.
The momentum would not last long for the Crimson Storm however, as Ranger Alyssa Williams would fire a cross to teammate Kelsey Henneha who managed to head the ball over the SNU goalkeeper and straight into the back of the net at the 63:06 mark.
The Crimson Storm then went into attack mode following the Ranger goal, trying to knot the game at one apiece. Solid defense by Ranger goalkeeper Kylee Wallace, who replaced Legaspi at the start of the second half, would prove to be too much for SNU leaving the Rangers with a 1-0 win to end their 2015 season.
Wallace would end the game with seven saves making it 45 saves on the season for her first year with the Rangers.
Rangers Kaylee Peterson, Vianna Villa, Phelps and Hughes would all record one shot each on the day.
The Northwestern soccer team end their season with a 3-14-1 overall record and a 1-11 GAC record.