Ohio vs. Kentucky Boxscore
LEXINGTON, Ky. â€" The Ohio women’s soccer team dropped a hard fought battle to Kentucky on Sunday (Sept. 6), falling to the Wildcats 3-0 at the Wendell & Vickie Bell Soccer Complex.
“It’s frustrating to lose, but if you judge progress we competed much more than we did last year in the same game,†head coach Aaron Rodgers said. “Score line was the same, but we had a lot more shots this year and their goal keeper has multiple saves. I take that as progress, but I don’t want to get carried away and say that it doesn’t hurt to lose. We’ve still got a long season ahead of us and we had a weekend full of learning that I think will make us be better down the road. “
The Bobcats (0-5-0) got the first shot of the game off the foot of Carly Manso (Vernon Hills, Ill.) in the second minute.
Kentucky (5-1-0) got on the board first a few minutes later when Zoe Swift scored the first goal of the game, putting the Wildcats up 1-0 in the eighth minute.
The Bobcats entered the half trailing 1-0, while registering three shots, two of them on goal.
Kentucky struck first in the second half, taking a 2-0 lead when Cara Ledman scored in the 49th minute when she beat the keeper near the post. The Wildcats added another goal in the 64th minute when Kelly Novak scored on a rebound off an end line cross, putting Kentucky up 3-0.
The Bobcats kept battling, when in the 65th minute, Stephanie Rowland (Pewee Valley, Ky.) recorded her second shot on goal of the day and then her third in the 72nd minute.
“We competed well and we kept the ball in attack and we caused them some problems in our counter attack,†Rodgers said. “I think that Rianna Reese had a great game defensively. I think Stephanie Rowland showed how dangerous she can be in the attack and going after people. Overall, we competed at a higher level than we have in the past and that’s something to take away.â€
Ohio finished the game with six total shots, four of them on goal. Rowland finished the game with four shots, three on goal, while Manso and Leah Sandercock (Strongsville, Ohio) each had one shot apiece.
In goal, Vanessa Cordoba (Bogota, Cundinamarca, Colombia) started the game and allowed one goal and registered one save in her 27 minutes. Erin Beurket (Milford, Ohio) finished the game, allowing two goals and registering three saves. As a team, the Bobcats also recorded three saves.
Ohio returns to Athens next weekend when they take on Robert Morris on Friday, Sept. 11. Kick-off is set for 5 p.m. at Chessa Field.
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