CHICAGO – In a rematch the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) women's soccer championship, the MSOE women's team couldn't create the same magic against No. 1 seed Illinois Institute of Technology.
RESULT
No. 2 MSOE RAIDERS – 1
No. 1 Illinois Tech - 6
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Wanting to set the tone early, MSOE (15-5-2, 9-1-2 NACC) struck quickly after mess in the box found the foot of Faith Papazoglou 2:10 into the game that she sent to left corner of the goal to give the Raiders a 1-0 lead. Illinois Tech (18-2-2, 11-0-1 NACC) matched that in the 11th minute with a goal of their knot up the game at one. The Scarlet Hawks' Gabriella Baltes connected twice in a ten-minute span before the Raiders could fire a shot off when Addison Spilman sent one high in the 40th minute as the they faced a 3-1 deficit at the break.
- Elizabeth Kuhn helped try to change the momentum coming out of half, firing off a shot just 16 seconds in but sailed right. The Scarlet Hawks went on a tear from there, striking twice in the span of 90 seconds, building their lead 5-1. The Raiders could only finish the rest of the match with game two more shots, Spilman and Kuhn each, but neither could make their way on target.
MSOE STAT TRACKER
Shots on Goal –
Faith Papazoglou (1)
Goals –
Faith Papazoglou (1)
Assists – N/A
Saves –
Page Sanchez (7)
WHO'S ON DECK
The Raiders finish the season with an overall record of 15-5-2 and 9-1-2 overall in conference play. With nine all-conference players, the Raiders put together 11 shutouts and dominated at Viets Field with an overall record of 8-1-1, with the lone loss coming to #7 ranked team in the country.
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