Final Stats

Ohio vs. Detroit Box Score 

DETROIT, Mich. â€" The Ohio soccer team took on Detroit on Friday (Aug. 28) afternoon, falling to the Titans, 2-0, at Titan Field. 

“Credit to Detroit. They came out and were very strong and played a very physical game,” head coach Aaron Rodgers said. “They had a little extra bite to them in the first half and they capitalized on the penalty and then they scored a good second goal. It was something that we had to adjust too and we had to raise our game at half time. We challenged them to just come out with more intensity and more will to do the little battles here and there and we were much better in the second half. I would have liked to have scored a goal, but we created a couple of good chances and came very close a couple of times, but it wasn’t quite there.”

Detroit struck first, scoring in the 12^th minute when Alyssa Lotito scored on a penalty kick, giving the Titans an early 1-0 lead.

In the 37^th minute, Ohio had their best opportunity of the first half, when Hannah Jaggers (Taylorsville, Ky.) fired the ball at the Detroit net, but was blocked by Marina Manzo, the Titans keeper.

Detroit added to their lead in the 39^th minute, when Lotito scored her second goal of the contest, when her shot curved into the top corner of the goal from 25 yards out, giving the Titans a 2-0 entering the half.

In the second half, the Bobcats came out firing, with Carly Manso (Vernon Hills, Ill.) and Allie Curry (Fairfield, Ohio) recording shots early in the half. However, the Bobcats would be unable to score and would fall by the final of 2-0. 

Overall, the Bobcats recorded eight shots with three of them on goal. Offensively, Ohio was led by Jaggers, who recorded three shots, two of them on goal. Curry added a shot and one shot on goal for the Bobcats, while Manso, Holly Harris (Batavia, Ohio), Megan Niebuhr (Cincinnati, Ohio) and Stephanie Rowland (Pewee Valley, Ky.) all had a shot a piece for Ohio. 

“Hannah [Jaggers] was one of our bright spots on the day,” Rodgers said. “She worked really hard this summer and came in really fit and really strong. She tested in as one of our fastest players in preseason. She’s had a great attitude. She’s more confident this season than she was last season and I hope she’s going to continue to grow and get better and better as the season progresses.” 

In goal, Vanessa Cordoba (Bogota, Cundinamarca, Colombia) got her second start for the Bobcats, allowing two goals on seven shots and registering three saves in her 45 minutes of action. Erin Beurket (Milford, Ohio) played the second half, and did not allow a goal on three shots, all while registering one save.

“It was a great opportunity to play against a team that plays very similar to the teams in our conference,” Rodgers said. “Now we’re becoming more and more prepared for our conference. It also prepares us for Sunday because I think Cleveland State is going to come and be very similar to Detroit. I think we are now a little more prepared. We were much improved in the second half, so it’s one half closer to us putting together a full 90 minutes.”

Up next, the Bobcats return to Chessa Field on Sunday, Aug. 30 to take on Cleveland State in their 2015 home opener. Kick-off is set for 1 p.m.

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