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ATHENS, Ohio â€" The Ohio women’s soccer team played its final home game of the season on Sunday (Oct. 25), falling to Central Michigan by a final of 2-1.

The Bobcats also celebrated Senior Day at Chessa Field, as defenders Grace Campbell (Wadsworth, Ohio) and Leah Sandercock (Strongsville, Ohio) as well as midfielder Carly Manso (Vernon Hills, Ill.) and forward Holly Harris (Batavia, Ohio) were honored before the game.

“These four are awesome and have done a ton for this program,” coach Aaron Rodgers said. “They played three seasons for me, so they had to endure a coaching change and it’s never easy. They’ve been wonderful. They’ve been great ambassadors for this program and they’ve done such a good job helping us reshape a mentality that’s going to compete in the top half of the conference moving forward.”

Ohio (5-12-0, 3-7-0 MAC) recorded eight total shot attempts, two of which were on goal compared to 12 shots by the Chippewas (6-9-2, 4-4-1) who recorded three shots on goal.

The Chippewas struck first in the 41st minute on a goal by defender Jordan Young from the top of the box to the upper right corner of the net, providing Central Michigan a 1-0 lead heading into halftime.

Ohio responded in the 53rd minute with a goal by midfielder Hannah Jaggers (Taylorsville, Ky.) on a breakaway to the left side of the goal, putting the ball past the keeper to mark as her first goal of the season.

“Our second half performance today was pretty good,” Rodgers said. “In the first half, we were a little bit slower, a little bit second-best. But we scored a fantastic goal and I’m just happy for Hannah that, after all the work that she’s done all year, she finally got a goal. We kept the ball a lot better in the second half.”

Central Michigan regained a 2-1 lead in the 75th minute when midfielder Eliza Van de Kerkhove took a feed from forward Madison Pogarch on the left side of the box and snuck the ball to the right of the keeper and into the back of the net.

Junior forward Alexis Milesky (Plain City, Ohio) and Harris led the way for Oho with two shots each. Jaggers, Sandercock, Manso and junior midfielder Mollie Whitacre (Perrysburg, Ohio) each tallied one shot for the Bobcats.

Freshman goalkeeper Taylor Smith (Uniontown, Ohio) recorded one save on the game while allowing two goals in her 90 minutes of work.

Ohio wraps up the regular season on Thursday (Oct. 29) when the Bobcats travel north to Kent State, taking on the Golden Flashes at 3 p.m.

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