Mount Union blanks Geneva 3-0 Saturday at Beaver Falls, Pa. The Purple Raiders advance to 7-2 while Geneva falls to 1-8 on the season. Mount Union got on the board early when junior Kelsey Malenic scored two minutes into the game off a cross from Gina Wall. Malenic’s goal would be the only goal of the first half. Freshman Amy Bobonik added to the score when she found the back of the net at the 57:56 mark making it 2-0 in the second half. Junior Megan Werner advanced the score to
Mount Union blanked Waynesburg 5-0 Saturday at Mount Union Stadium. The Purple Raiders advanced to 5-2 on the season while the Yellow Jackets fell to 3-2-2. The Raiders got on the board at the 18:37 mark when senior Gina Wall connected on a through ball from sophomore Taylor Lanese making the score 1-0 heading into halftime. Junior Kelsey Malenic found the back of the net off a crossed ball in the 28th minute of the second half. Freshman Katie Goedecke scored three minutes later on
Mount Union’s women’s soccer team scored a 2-0 shutout over tournament host Fredonia (N.Y.) to win the championship of the Blue Devil Clarion Classic Saturday in Fredonia, N.Y. Mount Union (3-0) stayed undefeated on the season behind the play of tournament MVP in senior goalkeeper Maria Favorite. Fredonia (1-3) outshot the Purple Raiders, 22-9, but could not get one past Favorite, who had nine saves while posting her first shutout of the season. The game was scoreless until the 82nd minute when a
A goal by Kelsey Malenic with less than two minutes to go in the game propelled the Mount Union women’s soccer team to a 2-1 victory over Oswego State (N.Y.) in game one of the Blue Devil Clarion Classic. The Purple Raiders (2-0) led 1-0 at halftime on a goal from Kolbie Haines in the eighth minute. Oswego (1-2) tied the game in the 54th minute on a goal from Nicole Perniciaro. Malenic’s game-winner came on a through ball from freshman Katie Goedecke. Senior keeper Maria Favorite anchored the
Mount Union women’s soccer team defeated D’Youville (N.Y.) Sunday afternoon 2-1 in the home opener of the 2014 season. The first goal of the 2014 season for the Raiders went to senior Allison Fouss at the 42:58 mark of the first half. Fouss charged the net and put back a shot from freshman Sarah Jaroszyk that was blocked by D’Youville keeper Morgan Price. Senior Nicole Moldovan scored the second goal for the Raiders six minutes into the second half of play with a header off a corner kick
Mount Union’s women’s soccer team scored a 2-0 shutout at Waynesburg in the final non-conference game of the season Saturday in Waynesburg, Pa. Mount Union is 7-2-1 after the win while Waynesburg falls to 3-4 on the season. Shannon Evans started the scoring with a goal in the 13th minute as the Purple Raiders would lead 1-0 at the break. Allison Fouss would put the game away with a score in the 81st minute. The back and forth game included 17 shots for Mount