WINONA LAKE, Ind. - Grace's women's soccer team finished in a 0-0 draw with St. Francis on Saturday.

The Lancers controlled Saturday's match, both in terms of possession and shot attempts, but Grace had to settle with sharing the points in the league standings.

Grace, who is receiving votes in the NAIA poll, outshot USF 16-2. The Lancers (9-2-2, 1-2-2 Crossroads League) also possessed the ball for the majority of the match.

Grace began the match fluidly, passing the ball around the pitch for three minutes uninterrupted.

The Lancers stayed on the Cougars' half of the field for seemingly the whole half. Rosalie Gefrorer had Grace's first shot which went wide of the goal.

Ten minutes into the match, Lilli Oberhoff dribbled toward the top of the box and fired a hard shot that forced a diving save.

The Lancers had two corner kicks and several crosses into the box, continuing to keep pressure on USF.

Cassidy Felger had another dangerous shot inside the penalty box that glanced off the goalpost, and Audrey Abel's low pass in front of the goal rolled harmlessly wide. 

The Cougars (8-2-4, 1-2-2 CL) had just one shot attempt over the first half, a deep attempt that was well wide.

The Lancers owned at least 70 percent of the time on the ball in the first half but were unable to find the back of the net.

The match entered halftime in a scoreless draw. Grace had seven of the eight shot attempts in the half and four of the five corner kicks.

Grace picked up where it left off to begin the second half. Shots from Madelief Lowik and Rosalie Gefrorer were saved by the goalkeeper.

With 16 minutes to play, Abel created space and rifled a shot towards goal; the shot was bobbled and eventually saved before crossing the goal line by the keeper.

But the Cougars continued to defend resolutely; USF defended with numbers to keep the penalty box stuffed with defenders.

Grace advanced into the box multiple times over the final frantic minutes, but the Lancers were unable to generate a late game winner.

The Lancers finished the match with a 16-2 shot advantage. The Cougars had zero shots on goal. Grace also had a 9-2 advantage in corner kicks.

Ivy Cline collected the shutout in goal for Grace. She did not need to make a save after being protected well by Jasmin Slump, Oberhoff, Zoe Mueller and Liz Maciejewski.

Gefrorer tallied four shots for Grace, and Felger had three.

The Lancers will be home again on Wednesday for a 6 p.m. showdown with No. 8 Spring Arbor at 1st Source Bank Field.