NIU women’s soccer didn’t eat any corn, but it got its fill of the Hawkeye state at the inaugural Iowa Tournament, playing both Iowa and Northern Iowa.

On Friday night, the Huskies kicked off their first road trip of the year against the host Hawkeyes.

NIU dropped the contest 2-0, conceding both goals in the second half. Dana Dalrymple put the Hawkeyes (1-1-0) up when she put a one-timer past NIU goalkeeper Amy Carr in the 60th minute. 25 minutes later, Iowa put the game away when Gabrielle Ainsworth converted a penalty kick.

“We didn’t come out with the same energy as our first game,” said senior Mo Smunt. “Or we tried to, but we were too frantic. Instead of playing calm and relaxed, we were trying to play their style; we have to play our style.”

Iowa head coach Ron Rainey liked the way his team responded after the first half.

“At the end of the game, Northern threw some numbers forward,” Rainey said. “And that opened it up for the second goal, but even when they were throwing them forward, I thought our girls kept a good pace.”

On Sunday afternoon, the Huskies (2-1-0) got their retribution when they came back from two one goal deficits to take a 3-2 decision against Northern Iowa (1-4-0).

The Huskies got goals from Kayra Thompson, Kelsey Passaglia and Christen Schuler. Passaglia notched her second goal in three games.

NIU head coach Carrie Barker was happy with how her team came back for a win after some early adversity.

“We didn’t come out with our best start,” Barker said. “We came out playing sloppy, but we came back out in the second half and really dominated the action.”

NIU head coach Carrie Barker was happy with how her team came back for a win after some early adversity.

“We didn’t come out with our best start,” Barker said. “We came out playing sloppy, but we came back out in the second half and really dominated the action.”