Dowagiac outscored visiting Coloma 4-3 in a shootout to earn a 3-2 Wolverine Conference West Division soccer victory Wednesday night.

The Chieftains improved to 2-0 in division play with the victory.

Dowagiac led 2-1 at halftime on goals by Logan McMeeken in the fifth minute and Cali Rank in the 25th minute. Rank assisted on the first goal and Christina Preston assisted on the second.

Trailing 2-0, Coloma’s Ashley Sipla scored in the 26th minute to cut the advantage to a single goal.

Emma Tavolacci scored in the 41st minutes for the Comets to tie the score at 2-2.

Dowagiac held a 21-12 advantage in shots on goal. Grace Younger had seven saves for the Chieftains.

 

Coloma – 2

Dowagiac – 2

(Dowagiac wins in shootout 4-3)

Halftime score

Dowagiac 2 – Coloma 1

 

First half

D – Logan McMeeken (Cali Rank assist) fifth minute

D –Rank (Christina Preston assist) 25th minute

C – Ashley Sipla 26th minute

 

Second half

C – Emma Tavolacci 41th minute

 

Shots on goal

Coloma: 12

Dowagiac: 21

 

Saves

Coloma 13 (Tristen Howard)

Dowagiac 7 (Grace Younger)

 

Corner kicks

Coloma: 6

Dowagiac: 4

 

Varsity records: Dowagiac: 2-7, 2-0 West