Waverly, Iowa. – Macalester College women's soccer team traveled to Iowa to take on the Wartburg Knights. Wartburg won the game, 6-0. Macalester is now 4-2-2 (1-1-0 MIAC).
 
The Knights took an early lead in the fifth minute. Junior Ella Thomsen (Palo Alto, Calif./Palo Alto) took a chance to level the score, but the ball went just high. Wartburg would score three more times in half. First year Sophie Jones (Burien, Wash./Highline), juniors Rachel Colson (Denver, Colo./East), and senior Lily Lorenzen (San Francisco, Calif./Urban School of San Francisco) each had their attempts on frame saved by the Knights' keeper.
 
The Scots never gave up and senior Julia Kispert (Atherton, Calif./Menlo-Atherton) forced another save from Wartburg's goalie in the second half. Thomsen and Lorenzen also had chances. However, the Knights scored twice more in the second half and Macalester fell 6-0 on the road.

The Scots' next game is scheduled for Saturday Sept. 24 at 3:00 p.m. Macalester will host St. Olaf in a MIAC matchup.