GALESBURG, Illinois—The Knox College Prairie Fire women's soccer team defeated the Cornell College Rams by a final score of 3-0 on Senior Day at Jorge Prats Field this Saturday. Knox thoroughly dominated both sides of the ball, and as a result cruised to an easy victory.
 
On a warm October day, the Prairie Fire imposed their will on the Rams from the start. Their impressive offensive efforts yielded the first goal of the game in the form of a goal from the senior Rosie Medina in the 24th minute. The senior leadership showed today, as they used their experience to their advantage and suffocate the Cornell attack. Medina's goal was the only score of the first half.
 
In the second half, Knox's superior depth and offensive ability began to wear the Rams out, as Jenna Milligan scored her first goal of the season off of an assist by Lydia Mitchell to bring the Prairie Fire lead up to two. Knox's 15 shots in the second half exemplified the renewed desire of their offense, and in the 85th minute senior Jessica Petersen scored her fourth goal of the season to put the game out of reach and secure the Prairie Fire seniors a victory.

"We owe a lot to the 11 seniors and it was nice to get them a win in their final regular season game," said Chris Haught-Thompson. "Fortunately we get to play at home again on Friday and our attention turns to preparing for the conference tournament."
 
The Knox women's team has finished their regular season, and will next play in the Midwest Conference Tournament that they host on November 2nd. They will match up against Ripon in the semi-final on Friday.