BEREA, OHIO - The Baldwin-Wallace College women's soccer team lost to host and Cleveland cross-town rival Case Western Reserve University, 3-1, tonight (Tuesday, September 21, 2010) at Case Field in University Circle. The loss was B-W's second straight.
With its loss, B-W is now 4-5 overall and next plays on Saturday, Sept. 25 when it hosts Westminster College of Pennsylvania in a women's and men's doubleheader on Tressel Field at The George Finnie Stadium in Berea. The women kickoff at 1:00 p.m. and the men play at 3:00 p.m. With its win, CWRU is now 5-2-1 overall.
The Spartans opened the scoring at the 7:42 mark of the first half to take a 1-0 lead when they scored on a high-arching shot by sophomore midfielder Devyn Lee that just cleared the head of Yellow Jacket goalie, freshman Tina Mathur (Mason). CWRU increased its lead to 2-0 at the 11:21 mark when sophomore MF Deena Levey secured a loose ball in the box and put it by Mathur and into the empty net.
In the second half, B-W's bad luck continued as CWRU scored at the 53:56 mark to increase its lead to 3-0 when the Spartans scored on an own goal as a B-W defender tried to clear the ball out of the box, had it careen off of another Yellow Jacket defender and then off of Mathur's hands and into the net. B-W finally scored with three seconds remaining in the match when senior forward Vickie Dreiling (Youngstown/ Cardinal Mooney)scored on a penalty kick.
The Spartans outshot the Yellow Jackets, 10-6, and corner kicks were tied at 3-3.
In net, Mathur played all 90 minutes, made four saves.
Following its match against Westminster, the B-W women next play on Tuesday, Sept. 28 when the travel to Latrobe, Pennsylvania to play Saint Vincent College at 4:30 p.m.
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