Photo Credit: Richard Kruszynski/ISNSoccer.com As a light snow fell at First Energy Stadium University-Cub Cadet Field, the fifth-seeded University of Akron men’s soccer defeated Seattle University 3-0 in the second round of the 2017 NCAA Tournament. Akron was led by an early first-half goal from senior forward Sam Gainford and a pair of second-half strikes from senior Morgan Holthusen and sophomore Marcel Zajac to put the Zips into the next round. “We got the early goal and we wanted to get
Mount Union’s men’s soccer team (3-4) beat La Roche (3-4) by a score of 3-0. Senior Stephen Dages (Uniontown/Akron St.Vincent-St.Mary) led the way for the Purple Raiders with two goals and an assist on the night. The Raiders got on the board in the 10th minute on a goal from sophomore Brian Belz (North Royalton/North Royalton) on the assist from Dages to make the score 1-0 at half. Dages got the scoring going in the second half as he scored an unassisted goal in the 53rd minute.
Notre Dame College stepped up defensively in their 1-0 victory over Concord University as the Mountain Lions were unable to record a single shot in the contest, on Sunday afternoon. The Falcons (4-2, 2-1 MEC), who earned votes this week in the United Soccer Coaches Division II poll, have now shutout three teams already this season. All three of their conference games in 2017 have been decided by one goal. The loss for the Mountain Lions (0-5-1, 0-2) represents the third
After being held scoreless for nearly an hour, the Notre Dame College women’s soccer team went from zero to 100. Real quick. The Falcons (4-0) earned their fourth win of the season, in the same amount of games, against Fairmont State (2-2-1) on Thursday evening with a 3-0 victory. NDC scored each of their goals within 28 minutes of each other starting with a shot from Janelle Bernal in the 60th minute. Bernal took a pass from Alexis Manoa and outpaced a defender to put her
In a road contest, Notre Dame College lost to West Virginia Wesleyan College by a final score of 1-0 on Thursday evening as Juwon Akintunde scored the only goal of the game. The Falcons (3-2, 1-1 MEC) lost their first conference game of the season and were shutout for the first time this year. The Bobcats (4-0-1, 3-0) have shutout every opponent that they have beaten in 2017 and advance to 2-6-2 all-time against Notre Dame. NDC tried to come out of
Women’s Soccer: Lanese Named OAC Player of the Week Mount Union junior Nicole Lanese (Macedonia/Nordonia) was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Player of the Week (9/11). This is the second straight week a Mount Union women’s soccer player has been named Player of the Week by the OAC after sophomore Maggie O’Donnell (Avon/Avon) was named it last week. This is the second time in her career that Lanese has been honered with player of the week as she did it in the week of September
The Notre Dame College women’s soccer team (3-0) earned their third win in six days after traveling to the University of Charleston (1-2-1) on Sunday. The Falcons led the shot attempts seven to five (six on goal, compared to five), while the teams had equal corner (two) and the goalkeepers each had four saves. It was the extra shot on goal that proved to be the difference as NDC won the game 2-1. The game started off well for the Golden Eagles
After a tightly contested first half, Notre Dame College opened the game up in the second half by scoring four times to win 6-1 over California University of Pennsylvania, on Sunday afternoon. The Falcons (3-1) have now won two games in a row and their six goals are the most that the program has scored since October 12, 2016 when they beat Shepherd University, 6-0. The Vulcans (0-3) have been outscored 12-2 in their first three games, all against opponents from
The Notre Dame College women’s soccer team won its home opening game against Wheeling Jesuit University by a score of 3-1 with aggressive play on both ends of the field. The Falcons allowed just seven shots to be taken by the Cardinals and WJU had an even harder time getting off a clean shot. Of the three shots on goal attempted by the visiting team, two were taken from 20 or more yards out. Solid defensive play and disruptive ball hawking by