The University of Akron (4-6-3, 1-3-1) women’s soccer team played Ohio University (5-4-4, 1-2-2 MAC) to a 2-all draw on Friday evening in a Mid-American Conference matchup at FirstEnergy Stadium – Cub Cadet Field. Photo Credit: Brent Durken/ISNSoccer.com The Bobcats struck first on offense in the 15th minute after a goal by Ohio’s Holly Harris, but the Zips would not let that lead stand long. Junior Lani Smith registered her team-leading sixth goal of the season in the 23rd minute from the left of goal. Smith’s
The University of Akron (4-6-2, 1-3-0 MAC) women’s soccer team lost in a close 1-0 match with the University of Toledo (4-8-0, 1-3-0 MAC) on Sunday afternoon at Scott Park. Akron and Toledo would play to a no-score tie through the first half, despite shots on goal by Kelly DeNiro, Madison Kaser and Lani Smith. Following the scoreless first half, starting goalkeeper Alex Luevano-Harden remained in goal in her fourth start of the season. The match would remain at nil until the 70th minute, when Toledo’s Rachel MacLeod posted the
The University of Akron (4-5-2, 1-2-0 MAC) lost in Friday evening’s Mid-American Conference matchup to Northern Illinois University (3-7-1, 1-2-0 MAC) by a score of 2-0 at the NIU Soccer Complex. Northern Illinois took the first lead of the game in the 24th minute from Nicole Gobbo, allowed by starting goalie Alex Luevano-Harden. Luevano-Harden made her third start of the season with four total saves, but saw her record fall to 1-2-0. Sophomore Klaire Adee took over in goal for the second half of the match,
The University of Akron (4-4-2, 1-1-0 MAC) women’s soccer team dropped Sunday afternoon’s Mid-American Conference match against Ball State University (7-2-1, 2-0-0 MAC) by a score to 2-0 at FirstEnergy Stadium – Cub Cadet Field. Following a strong win on Friday against Miami (Ohio), the Zips never had much control of the match. Ball State started the scoring effort early in the fifth minute, when they headed in a goal in the from a corner kick. Twenty minutes would lapse until the
The University of Akron (3-3-2) women’s soccer team fell to Cleveland State University (6-4-1) by a score of 2-1 on Sunday afternoon at FirstEnergy Stadium – Cub Cadet Field. Cleveland State’s Vickie Havas scored the first goal of the match in the 29th minute to give the Vikings a 1-0 lead as the game went into half. The Vikings added to their lead in the 81st minute with a goal by Amanda Sivic to take a 2-0 lead with less than 10 minutes less
The University of Akron women’s soccer team fell 3-2 to the Patriot League’s Boston University in the Zips’ home opener. It was quite a match, one with a number of lead changes as momentum switched back and forth from side to side. The level of competition and the difficulty of the schedule is certainly up a notch for Akron this season, the second under the expert tutelage of Head Coach Vernon Croft. Photo Credit: Brent Durken/ISNSoccer.com Croft has countered that step up in
The No. 5 University of Akron men’s soccer team suffered its first setback of the season in a 2-1 double-overtime defeat at No. 23 St. John’s Friday night at Belson Stadium. Late in the second half, with the score tied at one, the Zips (2-1-0) appeared to catch a break when junior Saad Abdul-Salaam went down in the box while attempting a shot. But no penalty was awarded and the teams went into overtime. Ironically, it was a penalty kick that did UA in
In their third overtime game of the season, The University of Akron (2-1-2) women’s soccer team played Youngstown State (1-3-1) to a one-all draw on Friday evening at Farmers National Bank Field. Junior Lani Smith provided Akron with their lone goal of the game in the 16th minute, which was assisted by Broadview Heights, Ohio native Sarah Sivic. Smith has now collected two goals in the past two matches. Akron held Youngstown scoreless through the first half, as sophomore goalie Klaire Adee collected three saves in her
HUNTINGTON, WV – September 1, 2013 – The University of Akron (2-1-1) women’s soccer team played Marshall University (2-1-1) to a one-all draw on Sunday afternoon in Akron’s second straight overtime match. “This weekend was a sign of the times for our program, as we went on the road again and had to battle back from a goal in both matches to get a result,” head coach Vernon Croft said Sunday. “This is the first time for us to have two results in