Box Score CHICAGO, Ill. - Junior forward/midfielder Delaney Pruitt (Ringwood, Ill.) scored two first-half goals, highlighted by what proved to be the winning shot off an assist from senior midfielder Carly Oboikovitz (La Grange, Ill.) at the 20:33 mark, to lead the Carroll University women's soccer team to a 3-1 victory over Illinois Institute of Technology in a nonconference game at Stuart Field on Wednesday night.
It was the third consecutive nonconference road victory for Carroll, which improved to 9-3-1 overall.
Pruitt, who generated 10 shots, contributed the first goal of the contest on an assist from junior forward Rachel Van Sluys (Sheboygan, Wis.) in the fourth-minute for the Pioneers, who outshot the Scarlet Hawks by a 26-12 margin - including a 9-3 shot-on-goal advantage.
Van Sluys, who had nine shots, added a goal on an assist from sophomore defender Lisa Harwardt (Lake Zurich, Ill.) in the 73rd minute.
Sophomore goalkeeper Christina O' Block (Libertyville, Ill.) registered two critical saves to preserve a victory.
Freshman forward/defender Julia Taliana scored an unassisted goal in the 70th minute for Illinois Tech, which entered the game riding the momentum of a three-game winning streak but dropped to 5-9-1 overall.