The Mount Union men’s soccer team beat Wooster 1-0 Wednesday night. The Purple Raiders (1-2) went head-to-head with Wooster (1-1-1) in the first half, but neither team was able to tally a point in the first 45 minutes of play. Mount Union senior goalkeeper Dylan Lias (Cuyahoga Falls/Cuyahoga Falls) recorded one save; Wooster goalkeeper Scot Stacho recorded two. The Purple Raiders saw the team’s first goal of the season in the 57th minute of the game when junior Scott Welker (Solon/Solon) found
The Mount Union women’s soccer team beat Mt. St. Joseph 2-1 in their home opener Tuesday night. Mt. St. Joseph (1-1) got on the board early when Stefanie Autenreib found the back of Mount Union’s (1-1) net in the 12th minute of the game. The Purple Raiders had four shots on goal in the first half, but were unable to tally a point. In the 62nd minute of the second half, Mount Union junior Katie Goedecke (Cuyahoga Falls/Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary) chipped
Mount Union’s men’s soccer team dropped a 1-0 non-conference contest to Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) in the home opener Saturday at Mount Union Stadium. The game’s only goal game just under three minutes before halftime when Purple Raider keeper Dylan Lias (Cuyahoga Falls/Cuyahoga Falls) got tied up with Carnegie Mellon midfielder Zack Masciopinto resulting in a yellow card on Lias. Masciopinto scored on the ensuing penalty kick to give the Tartans a 1-0 lead. Carnegie Mellon (2-0) held a 6-0 shot advantage at
The Mount Union men’s soccer team faced a 3-0 loss in their season opener Thursday night against Case Western Reserve University. The Purple Raiders (0-1) held off the Spartans (1-0) until Paul Darmstadter found the back of the Raiders’ net at the 25:14 mark. Junior Nik Newhart (Mentor/Lake Catholic) had a shot on goal and senior goalkeeper Dylan Lias (Cuyahoga Falls/Cuyahoga Falls) recorded four saves in the half. The Spartans struck again in the second half, when Joshua Prosser scored two goals
The Mount Union women’s soccer team fell to Wooster 2-0 in their first game of the season. The Purple Raiders (0-1) started off strong but the Scots (1-0) gained a quick lead early in the first half, with midfielder Devin Frisby scoring the Scots’ first goal in the 8th minute of the game. The Raiders fought hard but couldn’t find the back of the net, which left the team down by one going into halftime. The Raiders began the second half with
Mount Union’s women’s soccer team is prepared for the 2016 season as it returns many players and adds a talented freshman class to the roster. Sixth-year head coach Kelley Clark returns seven starters and 13 letterwinners this season, as she and Mount Union look to win a post-season match for the first time in 20 years. Leading the list of returners is sophomore Nicole Lanese (Macedonia/Nordonia), who scored 10 goals and 24 points as a freshman last year. Juniors Katie Goedecke (Cuyahoga
Josh Fines came to the United States to prove to himself and to others that he belonged on the soccer field. Fines grew up in the United Kingdom, where soccer is the number one sport played and watched. “The sport back home is a ruthless industry,” Fines said. “Millions of boys and girls want to make it to the top and coaches have to make a decision whether or not to cut you from a club.” Photo Credit: Sadie Springer Fines could
Walsh University and the Director of Athletics Dale Howard have announced the hiring of Andy Hoggarth as the new men’s soccer head coach. Hoggarth was formerly the head coach at Slippery Rock University for 2014 and 2015 and becomes the sixth head coach in Cavalier program history. “Walsh is very excited to have a head coach of Andy Hoggarth’s experience and record of success at the NCAA DII level join our staff to lead our men’s soccer program,” said Howard. Photo
Andrew College men’s soccer All-Region 17 honorees Lewis Jones, James Quinn, Josh Fines, and Troy Ceasar have been named to the British Virgin Islands Men’s National Team roster for the 2016 Caribbean Cup by BVIFA Head Coach Avondale Williams. The Caribbean Cup is a biennial competition that crowns the region’s champion and qualifies at least four teams to the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The first-round will be contested between 21 teams in seven evenly-split groups from March 21-29, 2016. The British Virgin
