Sophomore Nicole Lanese (Macedonia/Nordonia) scored a school-record five goals to lead Mount Union to a 9-1 win at Defiance Tuesday afternoon. The win snapped a three-game skid for the Purple Raiders to raised their record to 3-4 while the nine goals matched a team single-game record that has been done two previous times — at home against Defiance a year ago and in 1991 against Hiram. Defiance (0-5) led the game 1-0 as Miranda Herevia scored the Yellow Jackets first goal of
The Mount Union women’s soccer team lost to Franklin (Ind.) 4-3 in double overtime Saturday night. The Purple Raiders (2-4) tallied the first point of the game when freshman Abbie Andrews (Broadview Heights/Brecksville-Broadview Hts.) found the back of Franklin’s net in the 37th minute of the game. Sophomore Nicole Lanese (Macedonia/Nordonia) recorded the assist. The score remained 1-0 throughout the remainder of the half, sending the Raiders into halftime with the lead. Franklin (5-2) tied the game in the 63rd minute with a
The Mount Union men’s soccer team was defeated by Oberlin 2-0 Saturday night at Oberlin. The first half began with Oberlin’s (5-1) Gideon Tamir receiving a yellow card in the 6th minute of the game. Oberlin recorded 9 shots in the first half, all of which were saved by senior Dylan Lias (Cuyahoga Falls/Cuyahoga Falls). Five Purple Raiders (1-3-2) recorded shots in the first half, but the team was unable to tally a point. The game went into halftime tied at zero. Oberlin
The Mount Union women’s soccer team was defeated by Penn State-Behrend Wednesday evening, 5-0. Penn State-Behrend’s (3-2) Laura Schaefer recorded a point after taking a free kick just outside of the Purple Raiders’ (2-3) box, which banked off of the goalpost and past junior goalkeeper Paige Freel (Niles/Niles McKinley) in the 35th minute of the game. The Raiders were unable to tie the game in the first half, leaving the team trailing by one at halftime. Penn State-Behrend recorded another point in the
The Mount Union men’s soccer team tied Geneva 1-1 on Tuesday evening after its second consecutive game of playing through double overtime. The Purple Raiders (1-2-2) attempted to get on the board in the first half with shots from freshman Jon Schroeder (Parma/Normandy) and juniors Aaron Liezert (Medina/Medina) and Scott Welker (Solon/Solon). The only point scored in the half was by Geneva’s (2-2-1) Gib McCracken in the 34th minute of the game, which came after a free kick by Jake Broadwick.
The sport of soccer is known as football all over the world, except for here in the U.S. Tyler Durbin is one of the few that has found success in both kinds of football, the global one and the American one. He is, after all, the starting kicker at The Ohio State University after spending two years as a soccer player at James Madison University. “I honestly didn’t understand Ohio State football until I got here,” Durbin commented. “It means everything
The Mount Union men’s soccer team tied Washington and Jefferson (Pa.) 1-1 Saturday afternoon. Both Mount Union (1-1-2) and Washington and Jefferson (1-1-1) fought hard to tally a point in the first 45 minutes of play. Mount Union juniors Jesse Tinney (Heidelberg, Pa./Chartiers Valley) and Scott Welker (Solon/Solon), sophomore Ian Moorhead (Apollo, Pa./Kiski Area), and freshman Jon Schroeder (Parma/Normandy) attempted to score in the first half but didn’t have any success. The teams went into halftime tied at zero. In the second
The Mount Union women’s soccer team fell to Fredonia (N.Y.) 1-0 Saturday afternoon. The Purple Raiders (2-2) began the half with shots on goal by multiple players, all of which were stopped by Fredonia (3-1) goalkeeper Kendall Owczarzak. Fredonia’s Maria Gordon scored a goal in the 20th minute of the game, making the score 1-0. Mount Union went into the half trailing by one. The second half was much of the same for the Raiders. Shots on goal came from freshman Maggie
The Mount Union women’s soccer team beat Oswego State (N.Y.) 3-2 Friday afternoon. Oswego State (1-1) got on the board in the 11th minute of the game with a recorded goal from Mary Morrison, which came after a corner kick and scuffle in Mount Union’s (2-1) defensive end. Less than three minutes later, Purple Raider freshman Julia Krause (Mantua/Crestwood) tied the game after finding the back of the net from a cross from freshman Lauren Beech (Hanoverton/United Local). The first half