After 70 minutes of scoreless soccer on Sunday (Sept. 15) afternoon in Big Rapids, Mich., the No. 16-ranked Ashland University women's soccer team earned two goals in less than a minute en route to a 2-0 victory at Ferris State.
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The win gives the Eagles a 2-1 early-season record, while the Bulldogs are 1-1-2. Ashland is 3-0-1 vs. FSU in the last four meetings in the series.
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With exactly 20 minutes to go in regulation, junior midfielder
Emily Pate scored her second career goal and first of 2024 on a feed from senior forward
McKinley Mendenhall. Mendenhall now has 27 career assists, and is alone in fourth place on the program's all-time helpers list.
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Then, in the 71
st minute, junior forward
Dani Hicks potted her second goal of the season, unassisted.
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THE SECOND 2024 CLEAN SHEET…AND THE REST OF THE STORY
- For the second consecutive game, senior goalkeeper Maddie Dolenga started a shutout, and fifth-year keeper Mackenzie Simon finished it. Dolenga didn't face a shot on goal in the first half, and Simon made one save in the second half.
- The Eagles now have 21 clean sheets since the start of the 2023 season (27 games).
- Ashland took all 11 corner kicks in Sunday's game, and had an 11-4 shots advantage.
UP NEXT
The home opener, the Great Midwest Athletic Conference opener, and Youth Night on Thursday (Sept. 19) at 6:30 p.m. vs. Findlay (0-1-2).
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