Sophomore Amy Bobonik scored the game winner in overtime off of a corner from junior Carolyn Balzano as Mount Union defeated Ohio Athletic Conference opponent Wilmington 3-2 on Saturday night. Wilmington (8-7, 2-4-1) struck first in the 23rd minute of the match as Hannah Greaney found the back of the net on a free kick to put the Fightin’ Quakers up 1-0. Mount Union (8-8, 4-3) answered in the 66th minute as Balzano snuck a shot past the goalkeeper to tie the game up at 1-1. The
The Mount Union women’s soccer team defeated Ohio Athletic Conference opponent Muskingum 4-0 on Wednesday night. Mount Union (7-8, 3-3) jumped out to an early lead in the third minute of the match as senior Kelsey Malenic settled a cross from freshman Katie Goedecke and put it in the back of the net to give Mount Union a 1-0 lead. The Purple Raiders scored again in the 50th minute of the match as Malenic netted her second goal of the game off of an
The Mount Union women’s soccer team defeated Ohio Athletic Conference opponent Heidelberg 3-1 on Saturday afternoon. Mount Union (6-8, 2-3) struck first in the 3rd minute of the match when Kelsey Malenic scored on a breakaway goal as she chipped the ball over the goalkeeper to put the Purple Raiders up 1-0. The Raiders scored again in the 68th minute of the match when Nicole Lanese rolled a shot past the keeper to extend the Mount Union lead to 2-0. Heidelberg (7-8, 2-3) got on the board
The Mount Union women’s soccer team fell to Ohio Athletic Conference Opponent Ohio Northern 2-1 on Saturday night. The Polar Bears scored the go ahead goal in the 85th minute as Missy Ward found the back of the net on a shot just inside the box off of an assist from Shelby Stephens to give Ohio Northern a 2-1 lead. Ohio Northern (7-5-1, 3-0) struck first just two minutes into the game when Michaela Gutierrez netted the first goal of the game
The Mount Union women’s soccer team scored six goals in a shutout win over Marietta Wednesday afternoon. Freshman Alexis Crawford (Canton/Glen Oak) recorded four saves to go along with her first shutout of her career. Mount Union (5-6, 1-1) scored its first goal of the contest in the 20th minute when sophomore Katie Goedecke scored on a follow up a shot from senior Kelsey Malenic to give the Purple Raiders a 1-0 lead. The Raiders went on to score two more goals in the next
The Mount Union women’s soccer team fell to Capital 3-2 in their first Ohio Athletic Conference match of the season. Capital (5-4, 1-0) scored the winning goal in the 88th minute off of the foot of Allison Mervau to seal the win for the Crusaders. Capital struck first in the 13th minute of the match on a goal by Claire Quinn set up by a cross by Chloe Brown to give the Crusaders an early 1-0 lead. The Crusaders scored again in the
The Mount Union women’s soccer team fell to Grove City in overtime, 1-0. Grove City (5-3-1) scored the game winning goal off of the foot of Jordyn White in the 94th minute on a penalty shot that came from a handball in the box. Mount Union (4-5) could not get the offense going as they were out-shot by the Wolverines 18-5. Freshman Alexis Crawford had seven saves for the Purple Raiders. Mount Union next hosts Capital on Saturday, October 3 at 1 pm as the
The Mount Union women’s soccer team defeated Geneva College 5-3 on Saturday. Senior Kelsey Malenic scored her second career hat-trick as she netted three goals in the win for the Raiders. Geneva (4-1) scored the first goal of the game as Kimberly Orihel set up Heidi Mann to put the Golden Tornadoes up 1-0 in the sixth minute. Mount Union (3-4) responded on its next possession at the 6:31 minute mark as freshman Nicole Lanese scored the first goal for the Raiders to tie the
The Mount Union women’s soccer team fell to Bluffton 3-2 on a last second goal Wednesday afternoon. Mount Union (1-3) struck first in the seventh minute on a goal by sophomore Katie Goedecke, her first goal of the season, set up by senior Kelsey Malenic. Bluffton (2-1) came back in the second half to tie the game 1-1 in the 64th minute on a goal by Ashley Keller. The Beavers scored another goal to take a 2-1 lead at the 72:06 mark by