MUNCIE, Ind. – The Ball State University soccer team rebounded from consecutive losses in a big way by defeating Purdue Fort Wayne, 4-0, Friday night at Briner Sports Complex.
 
The Cardinals moved to 6-2-0 on the season while the Mastodons dropped to 3-2-2. Ball State also honored seniors Peighton Cook, Sam Kambol, Julia Elvbo, Yela Ziswiler and Kyrie Seying in a ceremony prior to the match.
 
"It was a great performance by the ladies today," said Ball State head coach Josh Rife. "We knew it was going to be a tough game, and to respond how we did after a tough road trip was great. It was nice to honor our seniors tonight and give them this game, but we still have a lot of unfinished business as we head into conference play. Every game is going to be tough."
 
Ball State struck quickly as Cook celebrated her senior day in style with the game-winning goal in just the 6th minute of the match. Fellow senior Elvbo, along with Tatiana Mason, was credited with an assist on the play. Not long after, the Cardinals scored again when Nicky Potts secured the ball inside the penalty area and found the back of the net off a pass from Kerrigan Johnson. The 2-0 lead would hold until halftime.
 
The Cardinals seemed content to protect their lead for the majority of the second half, but Tatiana Hawkins-Dabney scored her team-leading fourth goal of the season when Melissa Diceman found her streaking down the sideline in the 75th minute. Claudia Como then scored the first goal of her career in the 87th minute to put the finishing touches on a dominant performance. Mason was credited with her second assist of the night on Como's goal.
 
Sophomore Alex DeRuvo made the first start of her Ball State career and recorded the clean-sheet victory. She faced two shots on goal on the night and saved both. The Cardinals compiled 17 shots as a team with eight on goal while holding Purdue Fort Wayne to six total shots.
 
The Cardinals have a week to prepare for Mid-American Conference play as they stay at home for the league opener against Central Michigan on Friday, September 27. Kickoff is slated for 4 p.m. ET with the match being broadcast live on ESPN3.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Junior Madison Kaufmann (St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles North) scored the golden goal in the 102nd minute as the Northern Illinois University women's soccer team defeated Marquette, 2-1, in double overtime on Friday night (Sept. 20) at Valley Fields. 

Junior Haley Hoppe (Austin, Texas/Rouse) had given NIU the lead in the 76th minute and an 87th minute goal from Marquette forced overtime before Kaufmann's first career goal two minutes into the second extra period gave NIU the victory. 

"I'm definitely pleased with the fight that we showed today," said NIU head coach Julie Colhoff. "We went into the game with the mindset that it was going to take work and discipline the whole match and I think, for the most part, we delivered on that. We let it slip for a bit when we let them back into the match, but what was great to see what the mentality of our group, I don't think we ever wavered, we knew we were going to win and find a way to make it happen."

The first good chance of the match fell to Marquette in the 29th minute as Alex Campana got in behind the NIU defense and collected a long ball from the back, firing a shot from about eight yards that NIU junior goalkeeper Megan Donnally (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield North) was able to parry away for a corner. 

The Golden Eagles had another chance off a corner kick in the 36th minute as Bri Jaeger's back post header was pushed away by Donnally. 

Marquette (2-6-0) goalkeeper Mel McNamara was called upon for the first time in the 39th minute as she collected a flicked header from Hoppe. In the final minute of the opening half, Hoppe had the best chance by either side to open the scoring as her header off a corner kick was cleared off the line by a leaping Natalie Yass for Marquette to keep the match scoreless at the interval. 

Early in the second half, Hoppe created a Marquette turnover and looked to be in on goal in the 53rd minute before a Golden Eagle defender was able to recover and deflect her shot away for a corner. 

Just before the hour mark, Hoppe had another dangerous header off a free kick from senior Jennie Nailor (Hoffman Estates, Ill./Hoffman Estates), flicking the ball just over the crossbar with Maddy Henry, who had come on at halftime for Marquette in goal, stranded off her line.

Marquette's first good chance of the second half came off a free kick from midfield as Donnally was able to deny the chance from Campana in the 66th minute to keep the contest deadlocked. 

NIU (2-3-1) finally opened the scoring in the 76th minute as Hoppe gave the Huskies a 1-0 lead. Hoppe's initial header off a free kick took a deflection and Henry came to claim it off the deflection, but she couldn't beat Hoppe to the rebound as the Huskie junior was first to it and rolled the ball into the open goal to put NIU in front. 

With Marquette pressing for an equalizer, Hoppe almost doubled the NIU advantage as she burst past a pair of Golden Eagle defenders into the box in the 81st minute, but Henry was able to make the save and keep Marquette within a goal. 

Three minutes from full time, Marquette levelled the match through Macey Shock. The Golden Eagles had a free kick just outside the box and Donnally did well to get down to her left and stop the initial shot, but Shock was first to react to the rebound, slipping it past the NIU goalkeeper to even the scoring in the 87th minute and send the match into overtime. 

In the first overtime, Donnally stopped a Marquette chance in the 98th minute and, a minute later, sophomore Kylee Hermeyer (Dixon, Ill./Dixon) had a go from distance that was held by Henry as the first 10-minute period ended with the Huskies and Golden Eagles still tied.  

The second overtime only lasted 112 seconds but it was all action from the start. Marquette took the kickoff and Shock forced a good save from Donnally with her feet. The Huskies came right back the other way and Hoppe powered her way past a Marquette defender to make room for a shot but Henry palmed it away for a NIU corner. 

Marquette half-cleared the Huskie corner but freshman Isabella Sabo (Grand Blanc, Mich./Grand Blanc) collected the ball on the right wing and sent in a low cross that looked to be deflected by freshman Allison Whitaker (Bettendorf, Iowa/Bettendorf) just ahead of Henry and into the feet of Kaufmann who finished to give the Huskies the victory. 

Donnally made seven saves in goal for the Huskies, Henry stopped a pair of shots in the contest for Marquette. 

NIU will return to action on Sunday afternoon, September 22, as the Huskies host South Dakota State at the NIU Soccer Complex. Admission to all Huskie soccer games is free of charge. 

Xavier 1, Miami 0
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OXFORD, Ohio – Miami soccer supporters from all eras gathered in Oxford as Bobby Kramig Field was unveiled to the masses prior to the team's Friday afternoon tilt with Xavier. The visiting Musketeers spoiled the celebration, however, by prevailing in the RedHawks' non-conference finale by a 1-0 count.

The loss is Miami's (1-6) fourth one-goal setback this season.

Xavier struck in the sixth minute when Samantha Dewey fired a 20-yard free kick home to go up 1-0. The Musketeers fired the first 11 shots of the contest with the RedHawks getting a crack off the foot of Olivia Winnett in the 42nd minute. MU went to the break trailing by the early Dewey tally.

Miami pushed to get more established possession at the offensive end in the second half and had some spurts of getting formed up in the attacking third. One particularly threatening play came in the 77th minute as Elle Gill got a step into the right flank of the box and slipped a low pass that got by the keeper towards the far post, but MU was unable to find the ball to tie it up in the prime position. The Musketeers would end up salting the match away from there to finish the shutout.

XU outshot MU 22-1 on the day and had a 7-0 spread in corner kicks. Izzie Vaccari stopped four shots in her fifth-straight start in net.

Miami begins Mid-American Conference play on Sept. 27 by hosting Eastern Michigan. Opening kick is at 4 p.m.

Loyola-Chicago 4, Western Michigan 1
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KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Western Michigan women's soccer team wrapped up non-conference play, falling to Loyola Chicago, 4-1, at the WMU Soccer Complex on Friday afternoon.
 
The Ramblers scored three goals in the span of eight minutes to jump out to a 3-0 lead in the first half. The first goal came in the 19th minute by Sienna Cruz. Madi Rosen scored in the 24th minute to push the lead to 2-0 before Simone Wark made it 3-0.
 
LUC added a fourth goal on a penalty kick in the 53rd minute, with Wark converting for her third of the season to make it 4-0.
 
The Broncos (2-5-0) got on the board in the 65th minute. Junior forward Bailey Korhorn converted a penalty kick of her own for her second goal of the season to cut the lead to 4-1.

WMU outshot Loyola Chicago 5-3 in the second half but was unable to overcome the steep deficit. Korhorn led all Broncos with four shots on the day, while freshman forward Reagan Wisser fired off two shots, both landing on target, in her first collegiate start.
 
Western Michigan opens Mid-American Conference play on Friday, Sept. 27 at 4 p.m. against Kent State at the WMU Soccer Complex. The Broncos are also home next Sunday, welcoming Ohio at 1 p.m.

?No. 12 Georgetown 7, Ohio 0
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WASHINGTON, DC– The Ohio soccer team (5-3-0) wrapped up non-conference play on Friday afternoon (Sept. 20), falling to 12th-ranked Georgetown (6-2-1), 7-0, at Shaw Field. 

Georgetown struck early, taking three early corner kicks before connecting the third time, putting the Hoyas up 1-0 after a goal from Charlie Kern in the fourth minute.  They Hoyas added on about five minutes later, taking a 2-0 lead on a goal from Jenna Royson in the 12th minute. Georgetown added one more two minutes later, giving the Hoyas a 3-0 lead. 

Ohio finally got a shot on goal in the 24th minute on a ball from senior Sydney Leckie (Medina Ohio), however it was saved by the Georgetown keeper. 

Georgetown added another goal in the 26th minute off the foot of Amanda Carolan, putting the Hoyas up 4-0. Georgetown added another goal before the half, giving the Hoyas a 5-0 lead at halftime. 

At the half, Georgetown outshot Ohio, 10-1, while taking four corners compared to Ohio's one. 

Georgetown opened the second half where they left off, adding a goal five minutes in, taking a 6-0 lead. 

Ohio recorded an attempt on goal in the 58th minute, when senior Victoria Breeden (Hudson, Ohio) fired the ball at the net, forcing the Georgetown keeper to make a save.

However, the Hoyas went right back on the attack, adding a goal in the 64th minute to give Georgetown a 7-0 lead. 

Another Ohio attempt came in the 70th minute when senior Alivia Milesky (Plain City, Ohio) fired the ball at the net, forcing the Hoyas keeper to make a save, keeping the game at 7-0. Another Ohio attempt came about 10 minutes later when sophomore Lindsey Townsend (New Albany, Ohio) fired the ball at the net, however, the ball would go wide. 

After the attempt from Townsend, neither team recorded an attempt on goal, sealing the 7-0 victory for the Hoyas. 

Overall, Georgetown outshot Ohio, 16-4, with 12 of those on goal compared to the Bobcats three. The Hoyas also recorded seven corner kicks compared to Ohio's one. 

Leckie, Milesky, Townsend and Breeden all recorded shots for the Bobcats. 

In net, junior Sydney Malham (Nashville, Tenn.) got the start, allowing seven goals and making five saves in 64 minutes. Sophomore keeper Sam Wexell (Irwin, Pa.) entered the game to play the remaining 25 minutes and did not allow a goal or make a save. 

Up net, the Bobcats open Mid-American Conference play next week when Ohio heads to Northern Illinois on Friday, Sept. 27 to take on the Huskies at 7 p.m. Ohio wraps up the first weekend of MAC play on Sunday, Sept. 29 at Western Michigan. First touch is set for 1 p.m.