DAYTON, Ohio - The Ohio University women's soccer team fell 4-0 to Dayton on Friday night at Baujan Field.

Dayton's (3-5-1) Ashley Campbell opened the scoring with a long-distance shot that curled over senior Nicole Amari (Vernon Hills, Ill.) in the 23^rd minute.

Campbell netted a hat trick with goals in the 31^st and 34^th minutes. Her third goal came off of a volley from a corner. She now has seven goals this season.

"There were moments in the game where I thought we had good rhythm," head coach Aaron Rodgers said. "I thought the first 15 minutes we were very good and then they had that loopy, cross goal. We hung our heads after that."

Ohio (3-5-0) had two early chances in the first half and had a goal negated by an offside call in the 39^th minute.

Freshman Hannah Jaggers (Taylorsville, Ky.) put a header on goal for the Bobcats' best chance in the 42^nd minute off of a corner played in by sophomore Carly Manso (Vernon Hills, Ill.)

For Ohio in the second half, freshman Megan Niebuhr (Cincinnati, Ohio) put a shot high over the bar in the 62^nd minute. Senior Gabby Hausfeld (Cincinnati, Ohio) recorded the Bobcats' final shot on goal in the 88^th minute.

The Flyers scored their fourth and final goal in the 80^th minute as Nicole Waters finished into the back of the net.

"You have to defend as a unit, not just one-on-one," Rodgers said. "We reaffirmed how we needed to defend at halftime and we did a much better job. We will learn from it, this is why we play these games."

Junior Leah Sandercock (Strongsville, Ohio) finished with a team-high two shots for the Bobcats.

Ohio finished with five shots on goal and eight total shots.

Amari finished with five saves.

The Bobcats return home to take on Akron and begin Mid-American Conference play Friday, September 26 at 4 p.m. at Chessa Field. They also host Buffalo on Sunday at 1 p.m.

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