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MTU soccer loses 9th straight

HOUGHTON — The Michigan Tech soccer team lost 2-1 in overtime against Saginaw Valley State on Sunday afternoon.

The loss was the Huskies’ eighth in a row. slip to 3-9-1 overall and 0-6 in the conference with three games left in the season.

“It’s always disappointing to lose in overtime,” said head coach Michelle Jacob. “I was really proud of the team, we fought our way back into the game.”

Trailing 1-0 in the 72nd minute, freshman Cassie Bonifas stole the ball from the Saginaw Valley State (8-5, 5-1) player and sprung a three-on-two counter-attack for the Huskies. Sprinting down the right wing, Bonifas sent a low cross into the box for a charging Jesse Jacobusse, and the junior beat her defender and tapped the ball past the Cardinal goalkeeper for the equalizing goal.

“Cassie did a great job to beat her player, and then to place it perfectly for Jesse in front of goal,” said Jacob of the tying goal. “Jesse did a great job to run in from the weak side and put it home for us was a really positive moment.”

In the first overtime period, Saginaw Valley State’s Molly Vanderhoff took a shot on goal that forced junior Amanda Young into a diving save, but the ball rebounded to a sprinting Sarah Fredrick, who finished just out of reach of Young for the winning goal in the 92nd minute.

The Cardinals got on the board early in the first half as Valentina Giambanco drove at the MTU backline from the left wing before passing to an open Sakura Bals in the center of the box. Bals fired her shot before the defense was able to mark her, and Bals beat Young top right for the opening goal in the third minute.

Michigan Tech finished the match with 14 shots to 17 for Saginaw Valley State and six shots on goal to SVSU’s nine. The Cardinals had 10 corner kicks, while the Huskies had six.

Young had seven saves including four in the second half. MTU freshman Neve Badalow and sophomore Stephanie Yeager led the team with three total shots each. Jacobusse, Badalow, sophomore Emily Zeitunian, junior Brooke Schauer, sophomore Gabby Sgambati and junior Mackenzie Scholz all had shots on goal against Saginaw Valley State.

Alyssa Watts notched the win for Saginaw Valley State with five saves on six shots faced. The Cardinals had three yellow cards: Whitney Fleming and Jennifer Mauna in the first half and one for head coach Michael O’Neill in the 83rd minute.

The Huskies visit Parkside on at noon Friday. Parkside won a Sept. 29 matchup 2-1 against MTU.

Finlandia beats Mount Mary, 7-0

Finlandia Release

MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Eight different players scored points as the Finlandia University women’s soccer team blanked Mount Mary 7-0 Sunday afternoon.

“We started out sluggish but picked it up in the second half,” said Finlandia head coach Grace Sokolow. “The girls are in good spirits and we would like to carry that into training this week as well as the conference tournament this weekend.”

For the first 30 minutes, Finlandia (10-5-1) and Mount Mary played a tactical game. At the 30:01 mark, sophomore Daisia Knowles scored off a pass from freshman Meaghan Maly.

Sophomore Addie Budzinski scored nine seconds later to make it 2-0. The Lions scored twice in the first 17 minutes of the second half to put the game away.

Budzinski finished with two goals with the other goals coming from junior Katie Brown and senior Kirsten L’Esperance. L’Esperance had two assists and freshmen Samonsha Anderson-Oliver and Brie Witt had one apiece.

Finlandia had 48 shots with 27 on goal, 17 corner kicks and was called for eight fouls. Freshmen Sam Linteo and Maddy Waterman combined for the shutout.

Mount Mary (3-14) had three shots with one on goal and was called for a foul. Hannah Rose had 20 saves.

Finlandia heads to the West Coast, playing at Mills at 5 p.m. Saturday in the ACAA championships.

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