Oct. 24, 2014

Final Stats

Mount Pleasant, Mich. â€" The Ohio women’s soccer team fell on the road at Central Michigan Friday afternoon, 3-0.

The Chippewas opened up the scoring in the 17th minute when Laura Gosse poked one into the right corner of the net off of assists from Heather Laeufer and Christen Chiesa.

Despite outshooting Central Michigan 7-5 in the first half, the Bobcats entered the break trailing 1-0.

Ohio responded later in the half and won a penalty kick opportunity that was saved by the Central Michigan goalie.

"After that save, I think we were kind of down," Head Coach Aaron Rodgers said. "We didn't execute well enough defensively or in the attack."

The Chippewas went up 2-0 with a goal by Samantha Maher in the 54th minute and added their third in the 75th minute on a penalty kick taken by Eliza Van de Kerkhove.

Sophomore Alexis Milesky (Plain City, Ohio), sophomore Carly Manso (Vernon Hills, Ill.) and senior Liz Finley (Mason, Ohio) led the way with two shots each for the Bobcats (6-11-0, 3-6-0 MAC).

Central Michigan (5-11-1, 3-6-0 MAC) outshot Ohio 11-8 and won four corners as opposed to three taken by the Bobcats.

The Bobcats tallied three shots on goal.

"We are playing for the MAC tournament," Rodgers said. "We have to win both remaining games. We have to mentally battle for 90 minutes and take care of the details of the game throughout the 90 minutes."

Ohio is back in action when they return home Sunday, Oct. 26 to play host to Toledo. That game will get underway at Chessa Field at 1 p.m.

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