Eagles Lose Second Half And Match, 5-3

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The University of Southern Indiana women’s soccer team could not stop the University of Findlay in the second half and suffered a 5-3 defeat Saturday afternoon Findlay, Ohio. USI goes to 1-1 to start the season, while Findlay finishes the first weekend, 1-1.

The Screaming Eagles got off to a fast start and built a 2-1 lead by the intermission. Freshman midfielder Maggie Winter (St. Louis, Missouri) started the Eagles’ scoring at 13:00, her second goal of the weekend.

After Findlay got the equalizer less than a minute later at 13:27, USI freshman defender Madelyne Juenger (Columbia, Illinois) put the Eagles back on top, 2-1, at 14:47 with her first collegiate goal. Juenger was assisted on the play by sophomore midfielder Courtney Spicer (Loveland, Ohio). The Eagles would hold the 2-1 lead through the intermission.

The second half would belong to the Oilers as they started the final 45 minutes with three unanswered goals to take control. Finlay knotted the score at 2-2 just 1:07 past halftime and took the lead for good, 3-2, at 55:17 and 4-2 at 64:11.

USI would try to get back into the match in the final 15 minutes. Winter struck for her second goal of the afternoon at 77:00 to close the gap to 4-3 and hit the crossbar at 81:00, but that would be as close as the Eagles would come the rest of the match.

Findlay closed out the scoring with the match’s final goal at 88:56 to seal its victory.

The Eagles return to the tristate Tuesday when they visit Oakland City University for a 3 p.m. USI is not slated to play in front of the home crowd at Strassweg Field until September 22 when it hosts the University of Indianapolis for a 5 p.m. Great Lakes Valley Conference match-up.