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Ohio vs. Cleveland State Boxscore

ATHENS, Ohio â€" The Ohio women’s soccer team kicked off the 2015 home slate of its schedule on Sunday afternoon, falling to Cleveland State, 2-0 at Chessa Field.

The Bobcats (0-3-0) and the Vikings (3-0-1) both completed a scoreless first half. Ohio tallied six total shot attempts in the first while Cleveland State registered two.

“I think we started the first half really well and created some good chances,” head coach Aaron Rodgers said. “I think there are a lot of good things to take away from this game based on creating attacks and building attacks. We have to get a little bit better and when we concede a goal we can’t feel frustrated or down on ourselves and to go back out and respond back with a goal. We got out of our rhythm a little bit after we gave up the goal and they capitalized on it, so credit to Cleveland State for finishing those chances.”

The Vikings scored a quick goal in the 59^th minute from 20 yards out into the left side of the net after a goal was retracted from Ohio’s scoreboard for an offsides violation.

Cleveland State added to its lead in the 68^th minute striking the ball to the left side of freshman goalkeeper Erin Beurket (Milford, Ohio) off of a rebound five feet out.

Ohio out-shot the Vikings 11-5 in the second half. Overall, the Bobcats recorded 17 shots with eight of them on goal. Offensively, junior Alexis Milesky (Plain City, Ohio) would lead Ohio with six shots and three of them on goal.

“Lexie [Milesky] played really well today and I think as a group we played well, there’s a lot of good things that we can take away from it,” Rodgers said. “It’s always frustrating to get a loss but we out sot them and had more shots on goal then they did and we had more corner kicks. We just need to be a little bit more solid defensively and convert the chances we’ve been creating.”

In goal for Ohio, sophomore Vanessa Cordoba (Bogota, Cundinamarca, Colombia) and Beurket would each register one save in the first and second halves respectively. Cordoba allowed zero goals while Buerket allowed two.

Up next, Ohio will hit the road to battle with Marshall on Friday, Sept. 4 at 7 p.m.

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