Women's Soccer Moves to 4-0 with Win Over Murray State

Sunday, August 29

Cincinnati, Ohio

1:00 PM

Xavier University

4-0

Murray State

2-1

Murray State

Xavier

Shelby Sallee goal against Morehead State

Women's Soccer Moves to 4-0 with Win Over Murray State

08.29.21 | Women's Soccer

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Shelby Sallee and Sarah Owusu score in the first half of the 2-1 match

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier women's soccer continued its best start since 1997 on Sunday, moving to 4-0 after picking put a 2-1 win over Murray State at Corcoran Field.

Xavier took a 2-0 lead in the first half on goals from Shelby Sallee and Sarah Owusu, with the tallies coming less than three minutes apart. Shortly after Owusu's goal, the match was put in a weather delay with 14:26 remaining in the first half with Xavier leading 2-0.

Following a 40 minute delay, the teams finished the rest of the first half scoreless, going into halftime with Xavier leading 2-0.

In the second half, Murray State cut into Xavier's lead on a penalty kick in the 63rd minute, but were unable to find the equalizer, setting the final score at 2-1 in favor of the Musketeers.

Next up, Xavier heads out on the road to face Illinois on Thursday, Sept. 2 at 8:00 p.m. ET on the Big Ten Network +.

SCORING RECAP

26' | XAVIER | Off a Carrie Lewis corner kick, Shelby Sallee got her head on the ball directly in front of the goal to put Xavier ahead, 1-0.

29' | XAVIER | Following another corner kick, the ball rebounded to Elise Le at the top of the box. Le passed to Grace Brauer on the left side and Brauer found Sarah Owusu in the box. Owusu shot from six yards out to make it 2-0 Xavier.

63' | MURRAY STATE | After a foul in the box, MSU's Lauren Payne scored on a penalty kick to cut Xavier's lead to 2-1.

NOTABLE

Shelby Sallee's first half tally was her first collegiate goal. Combined with an assist, Sallee has three points on the season, matching Sonia Vargas for second most on the team.
Sarah Owusu's first half goal was her first tally and first game-winner as a Musketeer.
Carrie Lewis' assist on Sallee's goal was her second of the season.
Elise Le and Grace Brauer each picked up an assist on Owusu's goal, the first of the season for each of them.
Xavier had a 22-9 advantage on shots overall, out-shooting the Racers 9-5 on shots on goal. The Musketeers also lead 11-3 on corner kicks
Olivia Jenkins moved to 4-0 on the season after playing the full game in-goal, collecting three saves with one goal against.
Grace Brauer and Hayley Jakovich also played the full 90 minutes on the Xavier backline.
Xavier moves to 4-0 for the first time since starting the 1997 season at 5-0.

VIDEO

Another look at Shelby Sallee's goal to put Xavier up 1-0!#LetsGoX pic.twitter.com/ubIfgGZtGH
— XU Women's Soccer (@XavierWSOC) August 29, 2021

Another look at Sarah Owusu's goal to put the Musketeers up 2-0 on Murray State!#LetsGoX pic.twitter.com/BVn6JIO6Vw
— XU Women's Soccer (@XavierWSOC) August 29, 2021