WOOSTER, Ohio – The Marietta College women's soccer team took to the road for a rain-soaked battle with the College of Wooster Wednesday (Sept. 24) evening.  After giving up a goal in the first half, the Pioneers could not make up the difference and lost the non-conference matchup, 1-0.  With the defeat the Pioneers fall to 3-3-3.  The Fighting Scots improved to 7-1-1.

Wooster put some immediate pressure on the Pioneers as they outshot them 4-0 in the early minutes of the first half, but Marietta goalkeeper Francesca Agliolo (San Gabriel, Calif./Mayfield Senior) did not face a shot on goal.  The silence was finally broken in the 32nd minute as Wooster's Mia Stollar punched in a shot, giving the Fighting Scots a 1-0 lead.  The Pioneers tried to answer in the 37th minute as Alysa Troyan (West Salem, Ohio/Northwestern) attempted a shot, but it was stopped by Wooster goalkeeper Lucy Carlin and the score remained 1-0 going into intermission. 
 
Scoring opportunities were few and far between for Marietta in the second half.  Katie Heighberger (LaGrange, Ohio/Saint Joseph Academy) attempted a shot in the 53rd minute and Kira Korsek attempted one in the 68th minute, but both were stopped by Carlin.  Agliolo stopped all of her shots attempts to keep the advantage at only one goal, but the Pioneers could not muster any scores and the Fighting Scots finished with a 1-0 victory.
 
The Pioneers tallied six total shots with three of them on goal. Agliolo finished the game facing a total of 20 shots, eight of which were on goal, tallying seven total saves.

The Pioneers will be back in action Saturday (Sept. 27) when they return home to battle Oberlin College, with kickoff scheduled for 1 p.m.

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