Senior Kat Westendorf scored with less than four minutes remaining in the game to pull the Bears' within one to the Golden Bears of West Virginia Tech, but it wasn't enough as the Bears fell 3-2 in the "Kick for Crohn's" game on Friday afternoon. Shawnee State falls to 6-3 on the season, while West Virginia Tech improves to 4-5-1.

West Virginia Tech jumped out to a 2-0 lead. Their first goal came in the 25th minute as Carla Carvalho scored in the box. Two minutes laer Hannah Jaskot scored off a rebound to give the Golden Bears the 2-0 advantage. SSU's freshman Allison Nagle got the Bears on the board as she scored with a shot over the goal keepers head in the 40th minute of action.

Both teams played evenly in the second half, but neither team had many opportunites early. In the 80th minute Creshana Jones beat the defense and found the back of the net to extend WV Tech's lead to 3-1. SSU made it a game and pulled within one as freshman Katy Castillo found Westendorf for her third goal of the season. However, that was as close as the Bears would get as neither team managed a shot on goal the remainder of the game.

Both teams shot evenly in the contest as WV Tech had 10 shots on goal, while Shawnee State had nine.

SSU's freshman Shelbi Halverson recorded seven saves in the loss. WV Tech's Bridget Leech tallied six saves for the Golden Bears.

Shawnee State hosts Kentucky Christian on Saturday, October 1 in a non-conference game. Game time is set for 2:00 p.m.