BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. – Senior Gina Steiner scored two goals to lead The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros women's soccer team to a 3-1 victory over the Chicago State University Cougars in the regular season finale on Friday at Seat Geek Stadium.
 
This result, coupled with Grand Canyon's 2-0 victory at New Mexico State, means the Vaqueros (10-6-2, 7-6-1 WAC) enter the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Tournament as the No. 4 seed.
 
The Vaqueros open the WAC Tournament, hosted by Grand Canyon, on Tuesday at 5 p.m. against No. 5 seed New Mexico State.

Fans in the United States can watch the WAC Tournament online via ESPN+. Fans outside the United States can watch online at WACDigitalNetwork.com.
 
This was Steiner's second-career multi-goal game and first on the road after previously scoring twice against New Mexico State on Oct. 28, 2017.
 
Steiner opened the scoring in the 12^th minute on assists by freshman Mari Liis Lillemae and junior Emily Zapata.

Steiner then completed the scoring in the 79^th minute off a feed by sophomore Anna Torslov.
 
Steiner now has five goals this season.
 
In-between, Barbara Castellanos tied the match at 1 for the Cougars (0-16, 0-14 WAC) off a pass from Gisselle Sahagun.
 
Lillemae scored the game-winning goal in the 54^th minute. Lillemae now has two goals this season, both of which have been game-winners.
 
The Vaqueros outshot the Cougars 29-7, including 15-4 on goal.
 
Junior Maile Lunardi (9-5-2) made three saves.
 
Stella Chiara Chiaradia (0-16-0) finished with 12 saves.

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