QUINCY, Ill. – The fifth-seeded Drury women's soccer team defeated fourth-seeded Quincy, 2-0, in the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Quarterfinals at Quincy.
 
Two of the league's best defenses came to play in the first 12 minutes, allowing only one shot on each; both were blocked. Keira Love broke through in the 13th minute off the double assist from Leah McDonald and Elena Perez. Following the Love goal, the Quincy offense started pressing. The Hawks were able to take five shots in the final 30 minutes of the half, four of which were on net and all saved by Katy Fitzler.
 
Entering the second half, Quincy was searching for the equalizer and Drury the dagger. 40 seconds into the half, Holland Hawkins nearly found it, but a strong save from the freshman keeper, Devin Tracy, kept it at 1-0.
 
In the 54th minute, Love had a chance to score her second goal of the afternoon. Instead, while running free, she was taken down in the box by Tracy, who managed to prevent a disaster.
 
Holland Hawkins put the game on ice in the 64th. Keira Love found an open Elli Davison just inside the penalty area, where Davison laid a pass to Hawkins for the match's second goal.
 
Quincy had two more opportunities to notch at least one goal, but all were taken care of by Fitzler.
 
HIGHLIGHTS

• Keira Love's goal was her fourth of the season and the second of her postseason career. Her first postseason goal came last season in the NCAA Division II First Round against Northern Michigan.
• Love also recorded an assist today, her fifth of the season.
• Leah McDonald and Elena Perez both assisted on the Love goal. It was McDonald's fourth of the season and her first career postseason point. Perez notched her second assist of the season and her fourth career postseason assist.
• Perez's assist was the 16th of her career, tying her with Julie Sharp for seventh on the Drury career assist list.
• Holland Hawkins scored her sixth goal of the season and her second career postseason goal. Her first postseason goal was in the GLVC Semifinals a year ago against McKendree.
• Drury is now 10-2 over the last two seasons in games that Hawkins scores in.
• Elli Davison picked up one of the assists on the Hawkins goal, her first career assist.
• Katy Fitzler recorded her 23rd career shutout and ninth of the season. The shutout was Fitzler's third one in her postseason career.
• Drury outshot Quincy 11-10 in the match, but the Hawks had a 7-5 shots on goal advantage.
• The Panthers only had two corners, both in the second half, compared to the Hawks' six.
• The match was a physical one. There were a combined 36 fouls, 19 for Drury, and eight yellow cards, four each.
• Both 19 fouls and four yellow cards were a season high for Drury. The Panthers have not had four yellow cards since August 8, 2022, when Drury played at Northwest Missouri State. The last time Drury had at least 19 fouls was October 2, 2022, at Missouri S&T, when Drury had 19 calls.
• Drury has now won ten games for the fourth time under Justin Olson and the 12th time in program history.
• The win was also Olson's 110th of his career.
• The Panthers are unbeaten in the last 11 matches, 7-0-4, following today's win.
• Drury's all-time record in the GLVC Tournament improves to 9-9-3, and Olson is 5-3-1.
• Drury has an unbeaten streak of seven matches against Quincy, 5-0-2, including two wins this season.

 
QUOTEABLE
"It was a very complete team performance today," said head coach Justin Olson postgame, "I am very proud of how we were able to move the ball. Our defense did a great job dealing with (Quincy)."
 
UP NEXT
Drury will advance to the GLVC Semifinal at Creve Coeur Soccer Park in St. Louis to play the eighth seed, Missouri S&T. The Miners upset the top-seeded Missouri-St. Louis 1-0 in the quarterfinals.
 
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