Ashland Women Open League Play With Win At Cavaliers

On Thursday (Sept. 8) night in North Canton, Ohio, Ashland University's women's soccer team picked up in Great Midwest Athletic Conference play where it left off last fall, topping Walsh, 3-2.
 
Thanks to their third consecutive victory, the Eagles are 3-2 overall and 1-0 in the Great Midwest thanks to their ninth win in 10 all-time meetings with Walsh. The Cavaliers are 2-2, 0-1.
 
Ashland continues to be undefeated in league play since joining the Great Midwest – now 13-0-2 in the regular season and 2-0 in the tournament.
 
WHAT HAPPENED

• The Eagles jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the game's first 10½ minutes. In the seventh minute, junior midfielder/defender Peyton Starner scored her first goal as an Eagle on an assist from sophomore forward McKinley Mendenhall.
• Then, in the 11^th minute, senior forward Bailey Clark made it a 2-0 game when Starner and Mendenhall assisted on Clark's second goal in as many games.
• After the Cavaliers tied the game on goals in the 12^th and 73^rd minutes, Clark potted her second of the game and third of the season on a helper from freshman midfielder Leiah Goedde. Clark now has five game-winning goals in the last 14 games going back to last season, and two game-winners in a row.
• Senior goalkeeper Bri Rogers (3-2) earned the win with four saves.

 
UP NEXT
Ashland's next game will be at Ferguson Field on Saturday (Sept. 10) at 3:30 p.m. against Findlay (2-1-1, 1-0).