WARSAW BOYS 2, PENN 1

The Tigers added another quality win to its résumé Thursday with a road win at No. 10 Penn. Blake Burns connected on a penalty conversion to open the scoring in the second half, and after Penn equalized, Alex Brown potted the game winner, assisted by Ethan Grill. The match was called with four minutes left due to lightning.

LAKELAND BOYS 3, WAWASEE 2

A late goal lifted the Lakers to a non-conference win over sectional rival Wawasee. Lakeland pushed the go-ahead goal in with eight minutes left to claim the win, foiling Wawasee from its first point in September. Mason Possell and Brandon Tayagua scored for the Warriors, Chris Pena adding an assist. Wawasee outshot Lakeland 12-10 and Warrior keeper Evan Dippon had seven saves.

LAKEWOOD PARK 6, LAKELAND CHRISTIAN 0

LCA ran into a buzzsaw ranked No. 8 in the state. LPC rattled off 15 shots in the game, and held LCA without a shot in the contest. Peter Koller was forced to make nine saves in the contest.

“We played another ranked opponent tonight,” said LCA head coach Dan Miller. “It wasn’t our best effort. We have to learn from this experience and use it to get better.”

NORTHWOOD BOYS 8, ELKHART CHRISTIAN 0

NorthWood exploded for six goals in the second half to pull away from ECA. Sebastian Guillen led the Panthers with two goals and two assists. Andrew Graber kept the clean sheet in goal to help the Panthers to its seventh win in eight tries.

JOHN GLENN GIRLS 3, NORTHWOOD 0

With the potential loss of freshman phenom Caitlin Knepp to a knee injury for the season, NorthWood’s offense struggled against the Falcons. Emma Martz took four shots for NorthWood, and Lili Lomeli made eight stops in net to keep the game close.

NorthWood and Jimtown played to a 1-1 tie in JV action.

WARSAW GIRLS V. CONCORD POSTPONED

Lightning suspended the girls match between Concord and host Warsaw Thursday night. The JV game did finish, won by Warsaw 5-1. A make-up date was not announced for the varsity restart.

GRACE WOMEN 3, EMBRY-RIDDLE 1

Grace’s women’s soccer team proved its No. 16 ranking with a 3-1 victory over No. 19 Embry-Riddle (Ariz.).

The Lady Lancers (6-1) were powered by a pair of goals from freshman JJ Aalbue and another strike from Alexis Larimore.

The match could not have started better for the Lady Lancers. Grace quickly asserted itself offensively and put immediate pressure on the Eagles’ goal.

The Lady Lancers advanced on the left side and crossed into the middle of the field. Corinne Villalobos took a shot that was stopped, but Larimore finished off the rebound in the fourth minute of action.

Four minutes later, the lead was doubled. Aalbue made a weaving run into ERAU’s attacking end of the field. She sliced a low shot from the right which beat the goalkeeper into the back of the net at the 7:51 mark.

The rest of the half was dominated by Grace. The Lady Lancers peppered ERAU’s goal with 16 shots, leaving the Eagles (2-2-2) little time on the ball.

Grace went into halftime ahead 2-0 with a 16-6 edge in shots and 2-0 in corners.

The second half was much of the same until lightning strikes in the vicinity caused a 30-minute delay.

A steady rain filled the remaining 30 minutes of game play, but each team had opportunities despite the weather.

Aalbue added another goal in the 81st minute. The freshman turned her opponent in the penalty box and beat the goalkeeper to the far post for a 3-0 lead.

The Eagles were able to find an insurance goal with less than two minutes remaining, but the damage was already done.

Aalbue and Corinne Villalobos each finished with seven shots, and Larimore and Joana Schimmel shot three times apiece.

For the match, Grace held a 27-13 shot advantage and had the only three corner kicks.

Bethany Blackwood made five saves in the 90-minute victory, and she was protected well by Brooke Kohler, Lea Moessinger, Hannah Tkacz and Cassidy Wasson.