Women's Soccer Takes 2-1 Win at Ohio on Doss Game-Winner

Friday, September 16

Athens, Ohio

4 p.m.

Xavier University

6-2-1

Ohio University

2-4-1

OHIO

Women's Soccer Takes 2-1 Win at Ohio on Doss Game-Winner

09.16.16 | Women's Soccer

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Dewey scores fifth of the season in first period

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

ATHENS, Ohio - Xavier women's soccer picked up its sixth win of the season on Friday after Tori Doss' second game winner of 2016 gave the Musketeers a 2-1 win over Ohio in Athens, Ohio. Xavier moves to 6-2-1 on the season, the best record through nine games since the 2013 Musketeers started the season 7-1-1.

DOSS DELIVERS GAME-WINNER

The Musketeers took the early lead, scoring midway through the first half for the first tally of the day. After getting three early looks, Samantha Dewey broke through in the offensive column for the Musketeers, scoring her fifth goal of the season in the 28th minute to put Xavier up 1-0. Dewey's tally came after she knocked the ball into the bottom corner of the net off the assist from Jessica Miller.

The Musketeers took the 1-0 lead into the break after posting eight first half shot, including four on-frame. OU responded early in the second half, putting the game in a 1-1 tie for most of the second period before Xavier retook the lead with 15 minutes to play.

In the 75th minute, Carly Alfano played the ball to Tori Doss, who brought the ball to the top of the box. Doss shot it to the left of the Ohio goalkeeper to put the Musketeers up, 2-1, with her fourth goal of the season. The game-winning goal is the second of the season for Doss.

Xavier finished with 16 shots from seven different Musketeers, with Kenadie Carlson posting a team-high five attempts. Carlson, Doss and Dewey each had two looks on-frame to lead the way for the Xavier offense.

XAVIER DEFENSE LIMITS LOOKS

Xavier held the 1-0 lead through halftime, but the Bobcats responded early in the second half, tying the game in the 50th minute when Remi Eades scored to the far post from the top of the box, tying the score at 1-1.

Goalkeeper Toni Bizzarro made the first start of her college career, making three saves in the first half to keep the Musketeers ahead 1-0 going into the half.

Rachel Piccus started in goal in the second half for the Musketeers, picking up her fourth win of the season.

The backline of Carly Alfano, Ellie Eckerle and Courtney Kobashigawa played the full 90 minutes, only allowing three shots for the Bobcats in each half.

FROM COACH SHERWOOD

"That was a great college soccer game today. Our starts haven't been as good as we would like the past three games, but today we certainly showed up from the whistle. I thought we were very good in possession and created multiple really good chances to score and were unfortunate to not finish those. We had a great response after they tied it up 1-1. We look forward to finishing up the non-conference on the road on Sunday."

UP NEXT

Xavier will now travel to IUPUI for the final non-conference match of the season. The Musketeers and the Jaguars face off on Sunday, Sept. 18 at 1:00 p.m.

After IUPUI, Xavier begins the BIG EAST Conference slate, starting out on the road at DePaul on Saturday, Sept. 25 at 2:00 p.m. ET. The game will be streamed on the BIG EAST Digital Network. Following DePaul match, the Musketeers close out a five-game road swing at Providence on Thursday, Sept. 29 at 7:00 p.m.