CINCINNATI, Ohio - The Cleveland State women's soccer team dropped its season opener, 3-2, on Friday evening at Xavier.
NEED TO KNOW
• Score: Xavier 3, Cleveland State 2
• CSU Goal Scorers: Jenna Prathapa, Aliani Lorenzo
• CSU Assists: None
• Records: Cleveland State (0-1); Xavier (1-0)
MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
• Following a scoreless opening half, the teams combined to score all five goals in the second half.
• Samantha Dewey netted the first goal of the match at the 62:32 mark of the match to give Xavier a 1-0 lead. She added another goal eight minutes later to extend the Muskateers lead to 2-0.
• Just 1:16 later, Xavier extended the lead to 3-0 on a goal from Sydney Schembri.
• However, the Vikings began to rally as Lorenzo scored at the 77:40 mark when she knocked in a loose ball off a corner kick.
• Prathapa - a native of Loveland, Ohio who was playing near her hometown - netted her first career collegiate goal with 6:20 to play when she knocked in a loose ball in front of the goal off a corner kick, slicing the CSU deficit to 3-2.
IN THE NET
• Jamie Daniels played all 90 minutes for the Vikings, making five saves.
KEY STATS
• Xavier held a slim 12-10 advantage in shots, while both teams took two corner kicks.
• Today was the first game for first-year CSU head coach Dallas Boyer, who spent the last 10 years as an assistant coach for the Vikings.
• Daniels, Essence Canady, Toni Dickson and Stacie Morris each played the full 90 minutes as 17 different players received action.
• Today was the first match in women's soccer history between CSU and Xavier.
UP NEXT
• CSU continues its opening weekend of play with a 1:00 pm match at Kent State on Sunday (Aug. 20).
• The Vikings will host Binghamton in the 2017 home opener on Friday (Aug. 25) at 4:00 pm at Krenzler Field.