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
Mount Union Drops Overtime Game at Wooster Mount Union (1-2) men’s soccer lost the game at Wooster (2-1) in overtime by a score of 1-0. The Purple Raiders had their chances as they had eight shots on goal and four corner kicks in the contest. The only game of the game came in the 94th minute by Manny Burton of Wooster. Mount Union will play their next game in Mount Union Stadium Saturday at 3 p.m. Lanese Scores Two
Men’s Soccer Defeats Washington and Jefferson Two first-half goals were plenty as Mount Union defeated Washington and Jefferson in Washington, Pa 2-0 Monday night. Senior Stephen Dages (St. Vincent St. Mary/Uniontown) scored the only two goals of the game in the 25th and 45th minutes for the Purple Raiders. The first goal was assisted by sophomore Jon Schroeder (Normandy/Parma) while the second goal was assisted by senior Todd Cooper(Kenston/Chagrin Falls). Sophomore Zach Hlas (Medina/Medina) earned his first career shutout playing all 90 minutes in goal for the Raiders
Dominant Start for UMU Women Mount Union opened up their 2017 campaign with an 8-0 victory over Thiel at Hiram on Saturday. The Purple Raiders opened the scoring with a goal in the fourth minute by sophomore, Maggie O’Donnell (Avon/Avon) and followed up with another in the eighth minute with a goal by junior, Nicole Lanese (Macedonia/Nordonia). The first half scoring was not over yet as they added three more goals from senior Katie Goedecke (Akron St. Vincent St. Mary/Cuyahoga Falls) in the 20th minute and
The Mount Union women’s soccer team beat Heidelberg 2-1 in overtime on Saturday at Heidelberg University. Heidelberg’s Erica Campbell (5-6-2, 0-3) scored the first goal of the game off of a turnover in the Purple Raider box at the 24:48 mark. Six minutes into the second half, sophomore Nicole Lanese (Macedonia/Nordonia) evened the score after placing an upper-90 shot past Heidelberg goalie Alexandra Farmer. The score remained tied 1-1 through regulation, sending the teams into overtime. Senior Carolyn Balzano (Poland/Poland Seminary) placed a shot
The Mount Union women’s soccer team defeated Ohio Athletic Conference opponent Baldwin Wallace 1-0 in the second conference game of the season. Purple Raider senior Carolyn Balzano (Poland/Poland Seminary) placed the ball in the top left corner of Baldwin Wallace’s (7-5-1, 1-1) net to tally the only goal of the game in the 48th minute. Her goal helped lead the Raiders to a 1-0 victory, which is the team’s first win over the Yellow Jackets since 2013. Recording nine saves and her
The Mount Union women’s soccer team notched a 3-2 win against Waynesburg (Pa.) at Mount Union Stadium in a non-conference finale Tuesday night. Waynesburg fell to 3-5-1 on the season after being defeated by the Purple Raiders, who finished their non-conference schedule with 4-5 record. Sophomore Nicole Lanese (Macedonia/Nordonia) scored the first two goals of the night in the 24th and 44th minutes, respectively. Waynesburg’s Sam Nichols tallied one point, cutting the Raiders’ lead in half. Junior Katie Goedecke (Cuyahoga Falls/Akron St. Vincent-St.
The Mount Union women’s soccer team notched a 3-2 win against Waynesburg (Pa.) at Mount Union Stadium in a non-conference finale Tuesday night. Waynesburg fell to 3-5-1 on the season after being defeated by the Purple Raiders, who finished their non-conference schedule with 4-5 record. Sophomore Nicole Lanese (Macedonia/Nordonia) scored the first two goals of the night in the 24thand 44th minutes, respectively. Waynesburg’s Sam Nichols tallied one point, cutting the Raiders’ lead in half. Junior Katie Goedecke (Cuyahoga Falls/Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary)
Mount Union sophomore Nicole Lanese (Macedonia/Nordonia) was named Ohio Athletic Conference Women’s Soccer Player of the Week (Sept. 26). Lanese scored seven goals in two games last week, leading the team to a 1-1 record with a win over Defiance (9-1) and an overtime loss to Grove City (4-3). Her five-goal game against Defiance broke the Mount Union women’s soccer individual record for most goals scored in a game, which was last set at four by Kelsey Malenic at Muskingum in