Eagle Women Top Storm At Home, Start League Tournament As No. 2 Seed

Finishing the regular season on Tuesday (Oct. 25) night at Ferguson Field, Ashland University's women's soccer team defeated Lake Erie by a 5-0 count.
 
The Eagles head into the 2022 Great Midwest Athletic Conference Tournament at 13-3-2 overall and 11-1-2 in the league, and with a 13-1-2 mark after an 0-2 start to the campaign. The Storm's season ends at 1-14-2, 0-13-1.
 
Ashland will be the No. 2 seed in conference tournament, and will play on Nov. 3 in Cedarville against the winner of Northwood/Walsh at 4:30 p.m..
 
WHAT HAPPENED

• Ashland got on the board in the 10^th minute when freshman forward Dani Hicks scored her eighth goal of the season from long range. Then, in the 18^th minute, freshman midfielder Leiah Goedde scored her fourth goal following a corner kick from sophomore forward McKinley Mendenhall (12^th assist of 2022) and a feed from junior defender Maddy Grabowski (second assist of the season).
• Clark potted her eighth goal of the season in the 27^th minute on a back-heel tally following feeds from Mendenhall (13^th assist of the year, tied for fourth in program history) and Hicks (fourth of the fall). In the 31^st minute, Mendenhall's eighth goal of the season on a pass down the middle of the field from freshman midfielder Keira Erling (first collegiate assist) made it a 4-0 contest.
• Ashland made it a 5-0 contest in the 38^th minute when junior midfielder Vanessa Menchofer scored her first goal of the year on a free kick pass from Grabowski, her second assist of the night and third of the season.

 
THE WRAP-UP

• The Eagles out-shot the Storm by a 24-6 count, and AU took all 15 corner kicks on the night.
• Senior goalkeeper Bri Rogers stopped three shots for her ninth clean sheet of the season and 17^th shutout in the last two seasons.
• Ashland has won 14 consecutive meetings with Lake Erie.