On Wednesday (Sept. 24) night in Columbus, Ohio, the No. 17-ranked Ashland University women's soccer team won its fourth consecutive game, 2-0, against Ohio Dominican.
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A third straight clean sheet lifted the Eagles to a 5-2 overall mark and a 3-0 showing in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference. AU moves into first place alone in the early-season conference table.
The Panthers are 0-5-2, 0-2-1.
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Fifth-year goalkeeper
Jaya Daniel (5-1) only faced one shot in dropping her season goals-against average to 0.55.
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Wednesday's game was scoreless for the first 52-plus minutes, until freshman forward
Tessa Blain scored her second goal of the season, unassisted.
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Freshman midfielder
Emily Mendrick potted her second goal of the campaign in the 83
rd minute, assisted by senior forward
Dani Hicks. WIth 102 career points, Hicks is alone in fourth place on Ashland's all-time list.
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THE STATS SWING HEAVILY THE EAGLES' WAY
- Ashland fired 25 shots to ODU's one on Wednesday night. Of those AU shots, 13 were on frame.
- The Eagles took six corner kicks to the Panthers' three.
NEXT UP
The second of three straight Great Midwest road games on Saturday (Sept. 27) at 1 p.m. at Kentucky Wesleyan (0-6-1, 0-3).
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