KENOSHA, Wis. – The Carthage College Lady Reds soccer team dropped a hard fought match Tuesday at Art Keller Field to #16 in the country, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 5-2.
 
The loss drops the Lady Reds to 3-8 on the season, while Whitewater imporved to 10-2 in 2015.
 
Carthage and Whitewater opened with back-and-forth chances through the first 35 minutes.  Carthage's Maggie Washelesky nearly opened the scoring in the 35th minute when Washelesky beat the Whitewater keeper to a ball but pushed it just wide of the net.
 
Only a minute later the Warhawks got on the scoreboard as a cross from the left found Karina Rosales at the penalty spot, who was able to beat Kate Perry to her left for the first goal of the game.
 
The Lady Reds had a second excellent opportunity as off a corner kick Kayla McGuinness rose above the Whitewater defense to win a header.  Unfortunately she pushed it wide of the net to keep the score at 1-0 heading into the half.
 
The Warhawks extended their lead five minutes into the second half as a Carthage foul in the box awarded Whitewater a penalty kick.  On the ensuing penalty kick, Brianna Reid slotted the shot past the diving Perry for a 2-0 lead.
 
McGuinness and Rachel Post looked to cut into the two-goal deficit with quality opportunities that missed just wide and narrowly over the crossbar respectively.
 
The Warhawks would add to their lead in the 57th and 66th minutes as Reid and Rosales would each get second goals of the match.
 
Washelesky got one back for the Lady Reds as she controlled her own rebound off a blocked shot and netted it past the Whitewater goalkeeper in the 68th minute.
 
After a fifth Whitewater goal, giving Rosales a hat-tick, Washelesky would get her second goal of the match as she headed in a cross of a corner by Talia Jaramillo in the 84th minute.
 
The two-goal game gives Washelesky nine in 2015 and is her third two-goal game of her freshman campaign.
 
The Lady Reds will now enter a five-game stretch of CCIW matches beginning with Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois, Saturday at 3:00 PM.