In the 77th minute, Fran Soares-Cupertino took a shot that rebounded off of Fairmont State's Taylor Kennedy and Esther Dhiramo cleaned up the rebound to put the Jackets up 2-1 with less then 15 minutes to go.
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Fairmont State wasn't ready for the massive swarm that the Yellow Jackets put on and just 79 seconds after the second half began, Herold fired a free kick shot past everyone and buried it in the bottom left corner while every Falcon defender just stood and stared hopelessly. Paula Herold, Emma Farrelly, Maxima Bellscheidt, Billie Jean Davies, and Sandra Linares all started the second half in leiu of Cierra Savin, Montserrat Alsina, Delaney Day, Juliana Campos Lima, and Karem Rodrigues. The second half saw several substitutes for State. Fairmont State would sneak one past Galindo in the 34th minute, snapping the shutout streak at 339 minutes without a goal being scored by a Yellow Jacket opponent. Head Coach Lisa Mann started most of the seniors to be honored in the first half. Fairmont State picked up their fourth draw of the season and goes to 9-2-4, 9-2-3 in conference play. State remains undefeated at 14-0-2, 12-0-2 in the conference. The Jackets fell behind late in the first half, scored two consecutive goals, then allowed a late equalizer on a scrum in front of the goal. 18 West Virginia State took the field for the final regular season match at home against the Fairmont State Fighting Falcons, hoping for a victory, but the two teams battled to a 2-2 draw on Sunday. To stay up to date with all that happens at The Rock, follow our official athletic communication accounts on Twitter ( ), Facebook ( RockAthletics ) and Instagram ( RockAthletics ).INSTITUTE, W.Va. Slippery Rock enters Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division competition at Gannon University 6 p.m. Slippery Rock put up the final shot of the contest with Rea missing just wide while The Rock defense did not allow the Falcons to have another shot attempt en route to a 0-0 draw after 90 minutes of action.įor the game, SRU held advantages in shots (15-8) and shots on goal (6-5) while the Falcons led in corner kicks (6-5). Slippery Rock went on to control most of the offensive attack throughout the second period with its best look at breaking the draw coming when Kosek sent a nicely placed cross pass into the box that Swope narrowly missed chipping right into the upper half of the goal. Yoder answered accordingly to the Falcons only shot on goal of the second half with a save of her own. The Slippery Rock defense aided in preserving the stalemate by clearing numerous Falcon attacks sending the game into halftime tied 0-0.Ĭoming out of the break, the defensive battle between The Rock and Fairmont State continued as SRU took the first shot of the period just two minutes in off the foot of Rea that was saved by Taylor. Additionally, Slippery Rock earned three consecutive corner kick attempts within the same minute but was unable to capitalize on them.įairmont State opened with an offensive surge of its own forcing Yoder to make four of her five saves, including a stellar save knocking away a last-minute chested ball by Alyssa Weaver with 11 minutes left in the first half. SRU's offense wasted no time testing Falcon goalkeeper Taylor Kennedy firing two shots on goal, off the feet of Swope and Dermotta, in the opening 16 minutes of contest. Rounding out Slippery Rock's shot takers was Jaime Dermotta, Libby Zacharyasz, Kylee Kosek and Morgan Saver all with a shot each. Following was Sydney Patrick and Ashley Rea each with four shots including two and one on goal respectively. The Rock's offense was led by Kayla Swope with three total shots, all placed on target. Veteran goalkeeper Emma Yoder was instrumental to SRU securing a tie as she made five saves through 90 minutes of action. The draw was the first time Slippery Rock had a scoreless season opener at Egli Field since 2014 when it hosted Shippensburg to a 0-0 result. With the tie, The Rock's record moves to 1-0-1 overall while Fairmont State opens the season with a 0-0-1 mark overall. – The Slippery Rock University women's soccer team battled Fairmont State University to a 0-0 non-conference tie in its home-opener Sunday at James Egli Field.
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