Sunday’s Women’s Soccer Results
Bowling Green 2, Kent State 1
Ball State 1, UMass 0
Ohio 1, Central Michigan 0
Miami 2, Northern Illinois 0
Toledo 1, IU Indy 1
Stories Courtesy of MAC Athletic Communications Departments
Bowling Green 2, Kent State 1
Box Score
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Junior Emma Stransky scored a pair of go-ahead goals on Sunday afternoon (Sept. 14), lifting the Bowling Green University women's soccer team to a 2-1 victory over Kent State University. The match, the Mid-American Conference opener for both teams, was held at a sun-drenched Cochrane Stadium.
With the win, the Falcons (6-1-1, 1-0-0 MAC) have tied the best start to a season in program history. The 2025 campaign marks BGSU's 29th season as a varsity program.
Stransky scored her first goal of the day in the 36th minute, heading home a diagonal ball off the boot of Ellie Pool, and the Falcons took that 1-0 lead into the halftime break.
The Golden Flashes (2-3-3, 0-1-1 MAC), however, came out fast in the second half and tied the game five minutes into the period, as Kelsey Salopek scored on a header off of a Samantha Miller corner kick.
But, Stransky and the Falcons retook the lead just under nine minutes later. After Stransky was fouled in the offensive end of the pitch, Emme Butera played a free kick into the box. The ball sailed toward the far side of the six-yard box at the scoreboard end of the stadium, where Gabby Lamparty saved it from going out of play with a diving header along the end line.
Lamparty nodded the ball back across the goalmouth, and Taylor Green lunged and got a touch on the ball before Stransky slotted it past KSU goalkeeper Leah Shaffer.
The Flashes applied pressure over the remaining 31-plus minutes, but 'keeper Payton O'Malley and the Falcons would not allow the visitors to find the tying goal. O'Malley made five saves in the win, including a diving stop on a shot through traffic by Addy Cusick with two minutes left in the contest.
BGSU also had a 'team save' in the win, as Regan Reilly blocked a KSU effort away from the goal line in the second half.
Shaffer made one save for the Golden Flashes.
Ball State 1, UMass 0
Box Score
AMHERST, Mass. – The Ball State soccer team rode an early goal from Lexi Watkins to a 1-0 win at UMass on Sunday afternoon at Rudd Field.
The Cardinals (4-2-1, 1-0 Mid-American Conference) won their MAC opener against the Minutewomen (2-3-2, 0-1), who were playing in the first MAC contest for any UMass team since joining the league starting with this school year.
Watkins found the back of the net off a cross by Addie Chester in the third minute of the match for her first career collegiate goal. The score was the earliest in a game for the Cardinals this season.
Ball State generated 15 total shots including five on goal, but the tally by Watkins proved to be enough with the visiting defense limiting the Minutewomen to five shots (two on goal) for the day.
Both shots on goal for UMass occurred in the final two minutes of the contest and were saved by Abby Jenkins, who notched her first solo shutout of the season.
Ball State generated one more corner kick (3-2) than UMass and didn't get whistled for an offsides compared to 10 for the Minutewomen. UMass committed more fouls on the afternoon (8-6).
Freshmen Cardinals Grier Isaacson and Jordyn Klaasen went the full 90 minutes to help anchor the back line, while fellow defenders Delaney Ahearn and Audrey Goodyear were credited for playing 89 and 86 minutes each.
Chester took four shots (one on goal), and Delaney Caldwell had three shots (one on goal) as the two Cardinals with more than two looks.
Ohio 1, Central Michigan 0
Box Score
Mount Pleasant, Mich. – The Ohio soccer team (3-4-1, 1-0 MAC) returned to the pitch Sunday, September 14th, in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, to take on the Central Michigan Chippewas (0-7-0, 0-1 MAC) in the first MAC game of the season. The Bobcats leave Michigan in the win column, defeating the Chippewas 1-0 off the lone goal by grad senior Quintin Tostevin (Toronto, Ontario, Canada).
Overall, Ohio outshot the Chippewas 11-8, with the Bobcats having five shots on goal compared to Central Michigan's six. Ohio finished the game with three corners, and Central Michigan had one.
Individually, the Bobcats' offense was led by Tostevin, as she had two shots with one shot on goal. Senior Maia Kaufman (Westerville, Ohio) and sophomore Sania Dearing (Pickerington, Ohio) both registered two shots each, with Kaufman having one shot on goal. Juniors Anna Burchett (Prestonburg, Ky.) and Kate Robinson (Madison Heights, Mich.), and sophomore Iro Fakinou (Athens, Greece) all had one shot, with that shot being on target. Seniors Scout Murray (Chicago, Ill.) and Rayann Pruss (Perrysburg, Ohio) both had one shot.
Senior goalkeeper Celeste Sloma (Columbus, Ohio) got the start in net for Ohio and played for all 90 minutes. Sloma faced eight shots, making six saves in the shutout victory.
The Chippewas looked to score first with a shot in the fifth minute, but were unsuccessful.
In the 13th minute, Ohio gets on the board first from a shot off the foot of Quinten Tostevin. Tostevin gave the Bobcats an early 1-0 lead with a deep shot from the right side. In the 15th minute, Ohio had a few more chances to increase the lead, with a shot from Pruss and a corner, but both attempts could not find the back of the net.
The offense continued from both teams with Chippewas looking to tie the game in the 21st minute, but Sloma denied the Central Michigan shot. Murray added another shot in the 23rd minute but could not beat the Chippewas keeper.
Kaufman kept the offensive pressure on from the Bobcats, forcing the Chippewas keeper to make a save in the 26th minute.
The final five minutes of the first half were an offensive battle between both teams, with each team exchanging shots, forcing both keepers to make saves. Neither team could find the back of the net to end the half.
At the end of the first half, the Bobcats lead 1-0. Ohio registered six shots in the first half, with three shots on goal, to Central Michigan's seven shots with five shots on goal.
The second half started slower, with the first shot of the half coming in the 59th minute. The Chippewas looked to tie the game, but Sloma denied the opportunity. Robinson challenged back in the 60th minute, but was stopped by the Chippewas keeper. Burchett attempted a shot in the 62nd minute but would also be denied.
Kaufman, Dearing, and Tostevin looked to extend the lead late in the second half, but ultimately were unsuccessful in their efforts.
Miami 2, Northern Illinois 0
Box Score
DeKALB, Ill.— The Miami University soccer team posted a 2-0 win on the road at Northern Illinois Sunday afternoon. The RedHawks move to 4-3-0 (1-0-0 MAC) with the result in their first conference match of the season. The Huskies are now 2-4-1 (0-1-0 MAC).
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Miami opened up the scoring in the eighth minute. After a cross from Katie O'Malley, Kayla Perfect headed the ball and it was finally put in the back of the net by Morhéa Hoefen on the rebound.
- The RedHawks added to their lead in the 17th minute on an incredible off-balance goal by Caroline Mortonson that skied over the NIU goalkeeper.
NOTES
- The RedHawks' defense didn't allow a NIU shot in the first half.
- Hoefen produced her first goal of the year and now has five points on the season.
- Dominique Popa recorded her third shutout of the season.
