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KENOSHA, Wis. – Top seeded and No. 4 in the nation UW-Parkside defeated No. 8 seeded Lewis in the quarterfinals of the 2014 Great Lakes Valley Conference women's soccer tournament 3-0 on Sunday (Nov. 2) afternoon.

The Rangers and Flyers played a scoreless first half thanks to a save by Lewis senior goalkeeper Mara Bennett (Portage, Mich./Portage Central) on a penalty kick at 21:12. Bennett added a save on the rebound for good measure.

It was a scoreless contest until the 63:19 mark when the Rangers broke through. Lauren Bialas scored on a scramble in front of the net for her first goal of the year. Ashley Meyer and Karley Mecko assisted on the goal.

Jillian Hetfleisch put the Rangers up 2-0 on an unassisted goal at 75:17. The Rangers made it 3-0 at 79:13 on a goal by Taylor Schiffer-Jander, assisted by Ashley Meyer.
 
Counting the overtime-scoreless tie the Flyers and Rangers played to on Wednesday, Lewis held the fourth-ranked Rangers to zero goals for more than 160 minutes before the UW-Parkside broke through.

"The biggest thing is we left everything out on the field," Lewis head coach Chris Koenig said. "I'm very proud of this group. We would have liked to see this run go further but I think we ran into a little bit of a buzz saw today. Parkside got their first goal off a set piece, where they are most dangerous. After that we were pushing bodies forward to try to get the equalizer and they caught us in transition."

Junior Jessica Chavez (Aurora, Ill./West Aurora) recorded four shots, three on goal for Lewis. Bennett finished with nine saves.

UW-Parkside improves to 15-0-3 and moves onto the semifinals of the GLVC Tournament. The Rangers will host the semifinals and finals.

"Parkside is the strongest team we've faced all season," Koenig said. "They're well coached and well organized."

The Flyers finish the season with a 5-7-6 record.