The Brock University women's soccer team dropped a 1-0 decision to the Western Mustangs Saturday afternoon at Alumni Field. 

Western came out strong with pressure early and controlled the pace. The Badgers however countered well as the group of Beth Kramer, Alex Crawford, Stephanie Dalli and Kinley Wilson were relentless in stopping the Mustangs attack and quick at switching fields on the Western women.  
 
Brock goalkeeper Marilena Spagnolo had an excellent performance at home. She was tested early having to make a save narrowly sending the ball over the cross bar. Spagnolo ended up finishing the game with seven saves, including another exceptional save, diving to her right on a free kick in the 58th minute. This save solidified the strong defensive performance in the second half.

Wilson was exceptional and seemed to be everywhere on the pitch. Early in the match with the Mustangs building momentum Wilson dealt with pressure calmly time and time again. She was involved in what seemed like every defensive stop and made excellent passes to free up counter attacks.

The lone goal of the game came in the 56th minute when Sabrina Denard, on a through ball into the box, was able to control the rebound and put the Mustangs ahead.

In the end, Brock had chances down the final stretches of the game. Alex Crawford and Cassandra Belmi sent multiple entrance passes into the box off of Western fouls but the Badgers could not find the right bounce in order to level the score.

The Badgers will be on the road against the Windsor Lancers Sunday afternoon in a key divisional matchup.