Sunday’s Women’s Soccer Results
Eastern Michigan 2, Youngstown State 0
Western Michigan 3, Marquette 0
Central Michigan 2, Cincinnati 1
Akron 1, Wright State 0
Kent State 4, Oakland 0
Northwestern 1, Toledo 0
Michigan State 3, Ohio 0
Duquesne 2, Bowling Green 0
Stories Courtesy of MAC Athletic Communications Departments
Central Michigan 2, Cincinnati 1
Box Score
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. — Central Michigan Soccer claimed its first victory over a power conference opponent since 2019 Sunday afternoon with a 2-1 output over Cincinnati in the first regular-season home event of 2024-25.
"So happy to get our first win of the season against a quality opponent," Head Coach Jeremy Groves said. "We came out of the blocks firing, we were dangerous."
The Chippewas jumped ahead early with the first career goal for sophomore Caitlin Gill's (Grand Rapids, Mich. / Forest Hills Northern). Gill, Sunday's starting right back, had her attempt from outside the 18' deflected by a Bearcat defender to give the Chippewas a 1-0 lead just 48 seconds into her second career start.
Senior midfielder Jocelin Zimmerer (Evergreen, Colo. / Evergreen) took home the game-winner in the 12th minute. A pass back outside from Jenna Little (Portage, Mich. / Portage Central) was placed at the top of the arc for Zimmerer to finish through a clear lane.
"Our first goal got a big deflection from [Gill], but we've deserved a bit of luck after the last few years. Our second was a quality move that ended in a brilliant finish from distance."
Senior goalkeeper Allison LaPoint (Royal Oak, Mich. / Shrine Catholic) posted two of her five saves in the 10 minutes between CMU's strikes and a third in the 21st minute before Cincinnati found its lid-lifter. An open Bearcat run going into the 44th minute through the middle forced the veteran keeper to vacate her line and meet the play at the 18', Cincinnati was first to the ensuing loose ball to capitalize on the open net.
The Chippewas dug in for the second half, taking just one shot while fending off five attempts, two on-goal, from the Bearcats. Cincinnati's last quality look came in the 87th minute as back-to-back attempts were taken from inside the box through the traffic, the first broken up by the CMU line, the second plucked from the crowd by LaPoint for her fifth save of the day, 199th of her career.
"In the second half, we didn't show as much quality and had to defend for large portions of it. I thought we were resilient and showed toughness to get the result."
More quality opponents on-deck for Central Michigan Soccer next weekend with visits No. 13 TCU (Thu., 8 p.m. ET) and No. 12 Texas (Sep. 1, 2 p.m. ET). The Chippewas return for a pair at home Thursday, Sept. 5 with South Dakota, followed by Wisconsin-Green Bay Sept. 8, both 1 p.m. ET kickoffs.
Eastern Michigan 2, Youngstown State 0
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YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – Sophomore Olivia Sipsock netted two goals, including one an Eastern Michigan University record eight seconds into the contest Sunday, Aug. 25, as the EMU soccer team downed Youngstown State, 2-0, at Scicluna Field after a pre-match Senior Day celebration.
With the win, the Eagles improved to 3-0 for the first time since 2004 and the third time in program history.
How It Happened
Sipsock (Medina, Ohio/Medina) netted the match's first goal just eight seconds into the contest, corralling a deflected ball before firing a left-footed strike from 18 yards out inside the right post.
The first half saw limited offensive pressure as the teams combined for seven shots.
Sipsock added to the tally in the 67th minute, stealing an errant Penguin pass and slotting a four-yard shot home.
Redshirt sophomore Ella Holland (Dunwoody, Ga./Dunwoody/Samford) made a season-high seven saves to earn her second clean sheet of the season.
The Eagles won the battle in shots by an 11-8 margin, and in corner kicks by a 7-2 margin.
Game Notes
» Eastern moved to 3-0-0 on the year while Youngstown State moved to 1-1-1.
» Sipsock scored twice in a match for the first time in her career. The 2023 All-MAC Freshman Team honoree is the first Eagle to record a brace since current junior Hannah Thompson (Schoolcraft, Mich./Schoolcraft) scored twice against Kent State University, Oct. 6, 2022.
» With her two goals against the Penguins and after tallying an assist against Oakland University, Aug. 15, and scoring at UIC, Aug. 22, Sipsock is the first Eagle to open the season with three-straight matches with at least one point since Angela Vultaggio in 2012, who did so in four-straight matches.
» Holland earned her second clean sheet of the season and third career shutout. The Eagles blanked Oakland, 1-0, Aug. 15. EMU has two clean sheets in its first three matches for the first time since 2014.
» For the second-straight match, sophomore Sarah Van Euwen (Avon Lake, Ohio/Avon Lake) was the lone Eagle field player to play all 90 minutes.
Western Michigan 3, Marquette 0
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KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- The Western Michigan women's soccer team continued its winning ways on Sunday afternoon at the WMU Soccer Complex, defeating Marquette, 3-0. The victory improved the Broncos' record to 2-0-1 this season. Jen Blitchok netted two goals to improve her total to five on the season. Jaden Peck provided the other tally, which was her first of the year.
FIRST HALF
Neither team could find much space in the opening few minutes of the first half. However, just over nine minutes into the match, Madi Canada got the game's first shot, which missed just to the right of the goal. A few minutes later, the Broncos got the first corner kick of the game. However, the Golden Eagles' defense would clear the threat.
As the game moved the middle portion of the first 45 minutes, Blitchok got a great look at the goal, but it missed just left of the post. About 10 minutes later, Brielle Gomez had her shot just tipped by Marquette goalkeeper Elise Krone. Just a few seconds after that, Abby Werthman hit the post, and Marquette was able to clear the ball and keep the score tied at 0-0.
Down the stretch of the half, Werthman had one more great chance to put he Broncos in front, but Krone was there to make a save. The game remained tied as the two teams went to halftime.
SECOND HALF
The game opened up for both teams in the second half. Marquette scored early in the second 45 minutes but had the opportunity called back for offside. From there, Sammi Glover got a pair of looks that just missed the net. After some back-and-forth action, Western Michigan was finally able break through.
Werthman's pass from the corner found the head of Blitchok who sent it by the keeper for the game's first goal. The Broncos jumped in front, 1-0, in the 63rd minute. Not too long after that, the Brown and Gold had some nice passing in the middle of the field to set up Peck. Emily Pagett found Canada in the open field, and she sent a great ball to Peck streaking down the middle of the pitch. Peck buried the shot to give the Broncos a 2-0 lead with just over 20 minutes to play.
About 10 minutes later, the WMU offense went to work again, using some more nice passing to get a goal. Canada found Jenna Blackburn streaking down the right sideline. She then sent a nice crossing pass to Blitchok who found the back of the net for the fifth time in just three games.
The Broncos would go on to close out a 3-0 win, giving Wilberding her second shutout of the season.
Akron 1, Wright State 0
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AKRON, Ohio - Sparked by a 58th-minute tally from sophomore Anna Simmons (Manasas, Va.), the University of Akron women's soccer registered a 1-0 triumph past Wright State on Sunday (Aug. 25) at FirstEnergy Stadium.
How it Happened
The two sides waged a scoreless opening half with the Zips owning an 8-6 edge in shots in the first half.
Akron grabbed a 1-0 lead when Simmons scored her first goal of the season off assists from by freshman Kaitlyn Rogowski (Hilliard, Ohio) and senior Ella Hadley (Concord, Ohio). The assist was the first career point for Rogowski as a collegian.
The Zips had scoring opportunities down the stretch but were unable to capitalize and parlayed a strong defensive effort into Akron's second consecutive shutout.
Game Notes
- Redshirt junior GK Penelope Cuirinier (Mionnay, France) pulled in two saves for the Zips out of six total Raiders shots, while sophomore GK Sara Bower (Cincinnati, Ohio) was strong in net in the second half.
- Nine different Akron players recorded a shot in the match led by four and three shots, respectively, from junior Kylie Schiemann (Geneva, Ohio) and Hadley.
- The Zips finished the afternoon netting a 15-6 edge in shots, including 7-0 in the second half.
- Akron recorded six shots on goal.
Kent State 4, Oakland 0
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Kent, Ohio- The Kent State women's soccer team shutout the Oakland Golden Grizzlies to earn a big victory on Sunday afternoon.
The Golden Flashes opened the scoring early in the fifth minute when Alanna Raimondo played in a cross in from the left wing to the feet of Samantha Miller who flicks the ball over the goalkeeper and finishes with her right foot.
Kent State would hold the one-goal advantage heading into the halftime break. The Flashes' defense held the Grizzlies offense attack to 0 shots on goal in the first 45 minutes.
The Flashes' offense came to life in the second half and turned a tightly contested game into a blowout. Alisa Arthur found Ava Todd at the back post on a corner for her first collegiate goal. Five minutes later The Flashes extended the lead to 3. Arthur scored her first goal of the season in style, the junior took a free kick from 23 yards out, striking the ball with her powerful right foot and curled it into the side netting of the far post..
Kent State added the fourth goal in the 69th minute when Mary Kate Lape played a beautiful through ball up to Raimondo who slotted the ball pass the goalkeeper and into the bottom left corner of the net for her first goal of the season.
In the box score, the Flashes dominated in total shots (14-7), shots on goal (8-2), and corners (5-0). Senior goalkeeper, Heidi Marshall eared the first shutout of her collegiate career with 2 saves.
Addy Cusick made the first start of her Kent State career.
