SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - Northwest Nazarene women's soccer held off a tough Westminster squad on Saturday afternoon, tallying the first two goals before hanging on for a 2-1 victory.
 
The Nighthawks improve to 2-0-2 on the season as they wrap up the non-conference portion of their schedule.
 
It looked like the Nighthawks and Griffins were going to head into halftime scoreless, but NNU had other ideas. With 30 seconds left in the half, Carolyn Moravec took a pass from Kate Bleffert at the top of the box and slotted the ball past the Westminster keeper's diving left hand and into the net.
 
In the 67^th minute, NNU doubled their lead when Savanah Herz stole the ball from a Westminster defender in the corner and found Nicole Lewis at the top of the box, who took a dribble to her left and fired in a left-footed strike that snuck in past the far post. The goal is Lewis' first of her collegiate career.
 
The Griffins would manage to score the first goal that the Nighthawks have conceded this season, tallying in the 81^st minute, but NNU's defense clamped down from there to hold the 2-1 victory.
 
The Nighthawks outshot the Griffins 14-11, but the two teams both managed six shots on goal.
 
Lewis (4), Madison Grande (4), and Alejandra Jaramillo (3) combined for 11 of NNU's 14 attempts.
 
The Nighthawks will now move into GNAC play, starting on the road next week at Central Washington on Thursday and Western Oregon on Saturday.
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