DETROIT - Led by a hat trick by freshman Stephanie Currie, the Toledo women's soccer team (3-5-0) came out victorious in a heated match with Detroit Mercy (2-6-0) Sunday night in Detroit.

After a scoreless first half that saw minimal opportunities for both teams, Currie took control of the game in the 59th minute, grabbing a loose ball at the top of the 18 and burying it into the back of the net. Currie added another one just 11 minutes later when she took a long shot from outside of the box and put it into the upper 90. The Grand Rapids, Mich. native notched her third goal of the night in the 72nd minute of the game, taking a long shot from the corner of the box.

Senior Abby Demboski added her second goal of the season, converting a penalty kick in the 71st minute. ??

Youngstown, Ohio – Kent State's (2-4-1) offense recorded a season-high in goals and won its final non-conference game of the year, 4-2, over Youngstown State (2-7-1) at Farmers National Bank Field at the Covelli Sports Complex on Sunday afternoon. Junior Cameron Shedenelm sparked the Golden Flashes offense with the second two-goal performance of her career.

The Flashes had a strong upper hand maintaining possession and scored early in the 11th minute. Shedenhelm netted her first goal of the day straight out beating the dive of the Youngstown State goalkeeper.

Freshman Grace Wolber got on the board in the 24th minute with the first goal of her collegiate career. KSU had a 2-0 advantage at the intermission and just into the second period Shedenhelm struck for her second goal of the day in the 51st minute. Junior Vital Kats registered an assist.

Junior Maddie Holmes earned a penalty kick attempt and scored her first goal of the season in the 61st minute. The Penguins scored twice in the 70th and 78th minutes.

Kent State has dominated the all-time series against their regional rival and moved to 11-1 versus YSU and have won ten in a row.

Goalkeeper Faith O'Neill (2-4-1) made three saves while facing five shots.

Kent State begins Mid-American Conference play next weekend when its travels to Western Michigan on Friday, Sept. 27 at 4 p.m. and Northern Illinois on Sunday, Sept. 29 at 2 p.m.

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EUGENE, OR – The University at Buffalo women's soccer team took Oregon to overtime on the road in rainy conditions on Sunday night but a late goal by the hosts at the end of the first extra period gave the Ducks a 2-1 win. With the loss the Bulls fall to 3-3-1 on the year while the Ducks improve to 4-1-3 overall.

After a defensive battle to start, the Bulls would strike first in the 29th minute when Oregon's Croix Soto was whistled for a handball in the box and Marcy Barberic converted her second penalty goal, and third goal overall, of the season to give UB a 1-0 lead.

The Ducks would threaten late in the first half as Zoe Hasenauer made a run up field but Emily Kelly came out of net and made a great save. Less than two minutes later it was Emma Eddy on the breakaway but Kelly stayed aggressive and made another gutsy save to preserve the one goal lead at the half.

Oregon would tie the game in the 63rd minute on a corner kick as Sakura Yoshida played a ball into the box right to the head of Hasenauer who flicked it past a diving Kelly into the upper right hand corner of the net to tie the game 1-1.

Offensive opportunities would be few and far between for the Bulls in the second half. Buffalo got their best look in the 89th minute as Kaitlyn Walsh ripped one off the crossbar in the final seconds but the Ducks defense cleared it away to force overtime.

In the first overtime, Eddy would break through the UB defense and drill one into the back of the net for the game-winner in the 89th minute.

Oregon held the advantage in shots, 25-5, and corners, 6-0. In net, Kelly finished with a career-high 11 saves while Katelyn Carter make two stops for the Ducks. Barberic recorded the lone goal for the Bulls on the night while Katherine Camper led UB with two shots. Senior Carley Zoccali was named Player of the Match by the UB coaches for her phenomenal efforts in the midfield for the Bulls.

"We are disappointed in the outcome but I'm really proud of the group and their effort and buy in to the game plan," said head coach Shawn Burke. "We gave ourselves a chance today to do something special, just came up a bit short."

The Bulls return to action on Friday, September 27, when they travel to Toledo to face the Rockets in the conference opener at 7pm.

YPSILANTI, Michigan (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University soccer team (1-5-2) was dropped by the Loyola Chicago Ramblers (5-4-1), 1-0, in overtime Sept. 22 at Scicluna Field.
 
Redshirt junior Mabel Dunn (Oakville, Ontario–White Oaks Secondary) faced 21 shots and made 8 saves on the day. Her save count now sits at 49 on the season.
 
Redshirt senior Kristin Hullibarger (Brooklin, Ontario–Donald A. Wilson) produced a season-high three shots on goal. Meanwhile senior Aubrey Martin (Toronto, Ontario-Father John Redmond) played her first full match this season.

30 minutes in, the Eagles saw a chance in the box when redshirt junior Sabrina McNeill's (Whitby, Ontario-Henry Street) shot deflected off the Loyola keeper to Maggie McCullough (London, Ontario-Oakridge Secondary). The senior managed to make contact, but headed the ball wide of the goal. 

After the break, freshman Amanda Cripps (Bradford, Ontario-Trinity Catholic) fired off three shots from the top of the box while junior Kennady Kuhlman (Howell, Mich.-Hartland) added a shot of her own, but the Eagles couldn't break the tie before the end of regulation.

The deciding goal came at the end of the first overtime period in the 100th minute when Loyola's Simone Wark found teammate Lindsey Hardiman across the box.
 
EMU struggled in the first half as it faced seven corner kicks and ten shots. The Eagles fought back in the second half placing four shots on goal to test the Rambler's keeper. Loyola out-shot EMU 21-to-14 and had more shots on goal with nine to Eastern's seven.
 
The Eagles open up MAC play with a trip to Miami University on Friday, Sept. 27 at 4 p.m.

DEKALB, Ill. – The Northern Illinois University women's soccer team fell to South Dakota State, 3-0, on Sunday afternoon at the NIU Soccer Complex in the final non-conference match of the season for the Huskies. Junior goalkeeper Megan Donnally (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield North) made five saves in the contest. 

"We just didn't work hard enough today," said NIU head coach Julie Colhoff. "We need to stay more disciplined to not allow our opponents to get forward. Our game plan was to work and stay disciplined and we didn't do either of those things today."

NIU (2-4-1) had an early chance as senior Jennie Nailor (Hoffman Estates, Ill./Hoffman Estates) fired a shot wide in the third minute of play. 

In the 23rd minute, South Dakota State's Maya Hansen had space inside the box and rattled the woodwork to the left of Donnally as the match remained scoreless. 

South Dakota State (7-3-0) opened the scoring in the 27th minute as Donnally made a save on a shot by Leah Manuleleua but Hansen was first to pounce on the rebound and finish from inside the six-yard box to give the Jackrabbits a 1-0 lead. 

The lead was still 1-0 in the 69th minute when Donnally made an outstanding foot save on a shot from in tight by Sunniva Dunagan, keeping the Huskies within a goal. 

Four minutes later, the Jackrabbits doubled their advantage as Dunagan received a feed from Abigail Kastens near the top of the box and beat Donnally to give South Dakota State a 2-0 lead. 

In the final minute of the contest, Manuleleua netted her sixth goal of the season, collecting a low cross from Hansen to finish from near the top of the six-yard box as the Jackrabbits claimed the 3-0 victory. 

NIU will continue its current three-game homestand on Friday night, September 27, when the Huskies host Ohio in the Mid-American Conference opener for both schools. Kickoff against the Bobcats is scheduled for 7 p.m., and admission to all NIU Soccer matches is free of charge. 

Alina Stahl scored a pair of goals, one early and one late, as host West Virginia University held off the Bowling Green State University women's soccer team, 2-0, Sunday afternoon (Sept. 22). The match, the Falcons' final non-conference contest of the 2019 campaign, was held at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium.

Stahl opened the scoring just two minutes into the match for the Mountaineers, now 5-3-1 on the year. But, after weathering the storm in the early going, BG got stronger as the game wore on. The Falcons (2-4-2) allowed four WVU shots, including three on goal, in the first 10 minutes, then gave up only four total shot attempts over the next 72-plus minutes.

BG possessed the ball in the WVU end of the field for much of the second half, but could not find the equalizer. Then, Stahl gave the hosts some breathing room, scoring her second goal of the day with just over seven minutes remaining.