Women’s Soccer Results (Oct. 14)
Detroit 2, Cleveland State 0
Loyola 2, Youngstown State 0
Valparaiso 0, Wright State 0 (2OT)
INDIANAPOLIS – Detroit moved into sole possession of first place in the Horizon League while Loyola climbed the ladder with a road win on Sunday afternoon. In Dayton, Valparaiso and Wright State played to a scoreless draw.
Detroit 2, Cleveland State 0
Battling blustery conditions at Titan Field, Detroit grabbed two late goals to post a 2-0 victory over visiting Cleveland State on the Titans’ Senior Day.
Detroit (7-6-1, 4-2-0 Horizon) moved three points clear of Milwaukee in the Horizon League standings; the Titans have one more conference match remaining, while the Panthers have two. Milwaukee owns the tie-breaker between the two should the teams tie in the standings.
On Senior Day, it was a pair of seniors teaming up for the game-winning goal as Sarah Dzuris placed a header off a corner kick by Rebekah Dornbos in the 77th minute.
The weather did not provide quality soccer conditions throughout the afternoon as the rain and wind made long balls difficult. Cleveland State (5-10-0, 1-4-0 Horizon) had a few close calls, including a few high bounces that the wind unexpectedly carried into near scoring chances. Cleveland State held a 4-3 shooting advantage and also had a 4-2 advantage in corner kicks as the teams were scoreless heading into the half.
Detroit applied greater pressure in the second half and capitalized on the corner kick from Dornbos to Dzuris. The Titans added a second goal at the 79:42 mark of the game as Kaitlyn Quarrell set up Abby McCollum for an easy tap in. Quarrell took the ball deep inside the 18-yard box and to the left post and the Vikings' goalkeeper came out to challenge. Quarrell then played the ball in front of the net, where McCollum tallied her fourth goal of the year.
Keeper Nora Abolins made four saves tending the nets for Detroit and posted her seventh shutout of the season and 22nd shutout of her career, one shy from tying the all-time UDM women's soccer career mark of 23 shared by both Alisson Dube and Katie Fortenberry.
Loyola 2, Youngstown State 0
Bouncing back from a difficult overtime defeat, Loyola rolled to a 2-0 victory over Youngstown State at Stambaugh Stadium.
It was a team effort for Loyola (7-7-2, 2-2-1 Horizon), as the backline and goalkeeper Monica Gonyo earned their sixth shutout of the season while the offense continuously challenged Youngstown State (7-6-0, 2-2-0 Horizon), outshooting the hosts, 12-5.
Applying pressure from the outset, the Ramblers capitalized in the 25th minute, with Moriah Schwarz shooting from 20 yards out and finding the back of the net.
After the half, Loyola resumed control of the game, taking possession of the ball and notching nine shots in the second half. It was Schwarz again with the second goal of the day, this one coming in the 73rd minute from 16 yards out. Mariah Vichich and Brielle Haupt recorded the assists.
Valparaiso 0, Wright State 0
Valparaiso goalkeeper Kristen Manski made a career-high 13 saves en route to matching the Crusader career record for shutouts in a 0-0 draw at Wright State.
Manski reached double figures in stops for the first time in her career, making a key save late in the first half to keep Wright State (6-3-6, 1-1-3 Horizon) off the scoreboard. The junior finished five saves in each regulation period before making one stop in the first overtime and two saves in the second extra session. Manski now has 20 career clean sheets, matching Mele Cabral and Erin Murray for the most in Valpo history, while her eight shutouts this season are just two shy of the Crusader single-season record.
Both sides had plenty of chances on a windy Sunday afternoon, as Wright State finished with 26 shot attempts to the Crusaders’ 20. WSU went with the wind in the first half, out-shooting Valpo 12-5. It was the opposite in the second half, with Valparaiso outshooting the Raiders, 13-7, and earning seven corner kicks.
Manski had to come up big early in the stanza, as Wright State was awarded a penalty kick in the 50th minute. The junior goalkeeper was there to make the save to keep the Raiders off the scoreboard, though. Among Valpo’s 13 second-half efforts was a shot by Ryfiak with about 20 minutes to play which went off the crossbar, as the game would eventually enter extra time with no score. WSU held a 7-3 shot advantage in extra time, but neither side could push one across the goal line.
Valpo ended the afternoon with 11 shots on goal versus the Raiders’ 13, as WSU goalkeeper Brooke McCurdy was credited with eight saves.
