Xavier University Athletics
Thursday, March 18
Milwaukee, Wis.
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Women's Soccer Falls at Marquette
03.18.21 | Women's Soccer
MILWAUKEE -Â Â Xavier women's soccer moved to 1-2Â in BIG EAST play after falling, 3-1, at Marquette on Thursday afternoon.
The Golden Eagles took a 2-0 lead into halftime, and added a third goal shortly after the break. The Musketeers cut it back to a two-goal deficit on a score from Grace Blumfeldt midway through the second half, but couldn't pull any closer in the final 20 minutes of play.
The Musketeers move to 2-4 overall, and are back in action on Thursday, March 25, hosting Creighton at the XU Soccer Complex, set for a 1:00 p.m. first touch.
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20' | MARQUETTE | Goal by Kylie Sprecher, assisted by Elsi Twombly and Elaina Eckert, MUÂ 1-0.
36' | MARQUETTEÂ | Goal by Rachel Johnson, MU 2-0.
54' | MARQUETTEÂ | Goal by Hailey Block, MU 3-0.
67' | XAVIERÂ | Maddie Thiss served the ball from the right side of the field to Grace Blumfeldt on the left side of the box. Blumfeldt shot to the lower right corner, MU 3-1.
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The Golden Eagles took a 2-0 lead into halftime, and added a third goal shortly after the break. The Musketeers cut it back to a two-goal deficit on a score from Grace Blumfeldt midway through the second half, but couldn't pull any closer in the final 20 minutes of play.
The Musketeers move to 2-4 overall, and are back in action on Thursday, March 25, hosting Creighton at the XU Soccer Complex, set for a 1:00 p.m. first touch.
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 SCORING RECAP |
20' | MARQUETTE | Goal by Kylie Sprecher, assisted by Elsi Twombly and Elaina Eckert, MUÂ 1-0.
36' | MARQUETTEÂ | Goal by Rachel Johnson, MU 2-0.
54' | MARQUETTEÂ | Goal by Hailey Block, MU 3-0.
67' | XAVIERÂ | Maddie Thiss served the ball from the right side of the field to Grace Blumfeldt on the left side of the box. Blumfeldt shot to the lower right corner, MU 3-1.
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 NOTABLE |
- Grace Blumfeldt's second half goal is her first as a Musketeer, in her first start of her collegiate career. She has a team-high three points for the season after assisting on Mackenzie Tucker's goal at Bellarmine.
- Xavier held a 10-8 advantage on shots overall but matched the Golden Eagles at 5-5 for shots on-goal.
- Molly McLaughlin's three shots, with two on-frame, led the Musketeers.
- MU held a 5-3 advantage on corner kicks earned.
- Olivia Jenkins started the game in-frame, playing 60 minutes, facing seven shots. She finished with two saves and three goals against.
- Ashley Bowles played the final 30 minutes in-goal, facing one shot.
- Grace Brauer and Hayley Jakovich played the full 90 minutes on Xavier's backline.
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 VIDEO |
🎥 | Grace Blumfeldt scores from Maddie Thiss for her first goal as a Musketeer!#LetsGoX pic.twitter.com/dabmI3npmM
— XU Women's Soccer (@XavierWSOC) March 18, 2021
Team Stats
XU
MAR
Goals
1
3
Shots
10
8
Shots on Goal
5
5
Saves
2
4
Corners
3
5
Fouls
13
11
Scoring Plays
Sprecher, Kylie (3)
Assisted By: Twombly, Elsi , Eckert, Elaina
GOAL by MAR Sprecher, Kylie (FIRST GOAL), Assist by Twombly, Elsi and Eckert, Elaina, goal number 3 for season.
20:13
Johnson, Rachel (1)
GOAL by MAR Johnson, Rachel, goal number 1 for season.
35:33
Block, Hailey (1)
GOAL by MAR Block, Hailey, goal number 1 for season.
53:25
Blumfeldt, Grace (1)
Assisted By: Thiss, Maddie
GOAL by XU Blumfeldt, Grace, Assist by Thiss, Maddie, goal number 1 for season.
63:03
Game Leaders
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
0
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
1
Shots
3
SOG
2
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots
2
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Players Mentioned
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