ALLIANCE, Ohio – The Marietta College women's soccer team dropped an Ohio Athletic Conference match at Mount Union, 2-0, on Wednesday (Oct. 20) evening. With the loss the Pioneers are now 1-10-2 overall and 0-5-1 in OAC play and with the win the Purple Raiders improve to 8-5-1 overall and 4-2 in the OAC.
Mount Union got on the board in the 15th minute of the match to take a 1-0 lead. The Purple Raiders scored when Mary Double crossed the ball into the box and Andrea Decker hit a one touch shot passed Marietta goalie
Katie Delaney (Batavia, Ohio/West Clermont).
Mount Union doubled their advantage in the 38th minute of the match off a free kick. The ball was played into the box from 27 yards out, and after it bounced around, Alana Petracci placed here shot into the back of the net, to make the score 2-0.
The Pioneers tallied a pair of shots in the first half off the foot of
Madi Wagner (Bowling Green, Ohio/Bowling Green) and
Emma Egli (Homeworth, Ohio/West Branch). Neither of the shots were on frame, and Marietta entered the intermission behind, 2-0.
The second half was a scoreless battle, as the Purple Raiders out shot the Pioneers 10-3 in the second half. Mount Union placed four shots on frame in the period and Delaney made all four saves in the second half for Marietta. The three Pioneer shots came from
Kaylie Ward (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio/Cuyahoga Falls),
Emma Diorio (Bellbrook, Ohio/Bellbrook), and
Melissa Szawranskyj (Westerville, Ohio/Westerville North).
Delaney played all 90 minutes in goal for the Pioneers, she faced 19 shots, nine of which were on goal, and made seven saves in the match.
Marietta will return to action Saturday (Oct. 23) when they travel to take on John Carroll, with kickoff scheduled for 1 p.m.
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