Xavier Knocks Off Falcons, 2-1

Sunday, August 25

Cincinnati, OH

1:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

0-1-1

Xavier

2-0-0

Bowling Green

Xavier

Photo by: Michael Millay, Rooted Media House

August 25, 2019 | Women's Soccer

Box Score Final Stats (PDF)

Kennedy White scores first collegiate goal in Sunday setback in Cincinnati

By: CINCINNATI, Ohio (BGSU Athletic Communications)

Host Xavier University scored a goal off of a quick counterattack early in the second half, and that proved to be the difference as the Musketeers posted a 2-1 victory over the Bowling Green State University women's soccer team Sunday afternoon (Aug. 25). The non-conference match was held at the Xavier Soccer Complex.

Jackie Richards scored that goal for the home side, knocking home a rebound after a shot by Brooke Sroka had hit the post.

Gabrielle LoPresti scored the first goal of the match for the Musketeers (2-0-0), midway through the opening half, before freshman Kennedy White evened the score for the Falcons (0-1-1) less than a minute later.

White's goal, the first of her young career, came after a free kick by freshman Audrey Shea. Shea's diagonal ball was redirected on frame by the head of redshirt junior Nikki Cox. XU goalkeeper Olivia Jenkins got a glove on the ball, but the charging White was the first to arrive, banging a shot into the vacated net from close range.

Senior Kathleen Duwve made three saves for the Falcons. Duwve's save total included a diving stop of a penalty kick by XU's leading scorer, Samantha Dewey, in the first minute of the match.

QUOTING COACH MATT FANNON
"Once again we made some naive errors, and that's on me. We need to better prepare the team so they understand their roles and can compete at the level we are capable of. We have learned the difficult way how to dig ourselves into holes and how to throw games away. We will work very hard, on and off the field, to get back up and running."

STATISTICS
• The Musketeers were credited with a 13-5 advantage in total shot attempts, and a 5-1 edge in shots on goal.
• Senior Kathleen Duwve, as mentioned, made three saves for the Falcons, including that aforementioned stop of Samantha Dewey's PK.
• BG was assessed 21 fouls to XU's 15, but the home team was shown the only yellow card of the match.
• XU's Gabrielle LoPresti and Molly McLaughlin each had three shot attempts, with LoPresti and Samantha Dewey each putting two shots on goal.
• Senior Chelsee Washington led the Falcons with a pair of shot attempts on the afternoon.

FIRST-HALF HIGHLIGHTS
• 1' | Xavier earned a corner kick just 22 seconds into the match, and off of that kick, a BG foul was called in the box, and a PK was awarded to the hosts. WIth just 56 seconds elapsed, Samantha Dewey's shot was stopped by senior Kathleen Duwve, who prevented the XU striker from scoring her fifth goal of the young season.
• 9' | Samantha Dewey's half volley from 12 yards out was deflected by a BG defender. The ball took a bounce on the turf before Duwve grabbed it.
• 12' | Seemingly out of nowhere, senior Chelsee Washington fired a shot from distance. The blast thwacked off the crossbar and bounded out of the penalty area.
• 16' | A BGSU goal kick was headed right back into the Falcons' end of the pitch, but freshman Audrey Shea did a nice job of shielding Samantha Dewey from the ball, enabling Duwve to corral it.
• 27' | GOAL | Gabrielle LoPresti stole the ball in the BG penalty area and quickly shot and scored.
• 28' | GOAL | Just 53 seconds after LoPresti's goal, the Falcons equalized. Shea played a diagonal ball into the box from the right side, and redshirt junior Nikki Cox got her head on the serve and redirected it toward. XU 'keeper Olivia Jenkins made a diving stop, but freshman Kennedy White was the first one to get to the rebound, charging into the six-yard box and blasting the ball into the vacated net.
• 28' | After a foul on BGSU roughly 18 1/2 yards from goal, a dangerous-looking XU free kick was blocked by the BG defensive wall.
• 34' | Freshman Katie Cox hit a hard shot, but the goalkeeper made a diving stop, tipping it wide of the far post.

SECOND-HALF HIGHLIGHTS
• 49' | Xavier's Jackie Richards got loose down the left side of the pitch, but senior Maureen Kennedy made a nice play to knock the ball away for a corner. XU got a pair of shots off of that corner, but both were blocked.
• 51' | A corner kick for the Falcons was taken by freshman Jasmijn Dijsselhof. The ball was grabbed out of the air by a leaping Jenkins, who immediately began a counterattack.
• 52 | GOAL | Off of that counter, a shot by Brooke Sroka hit the far post, and Richards put the rebound into the vacated net.
• 53' | After BG lost the ball at the top of the box, Nikki Cox won it back with a nifty steal. She quickly played a pass to Washington, who hit a shot from the 18-yard line that sailed just over the crossbar.
• 54' | Duwve saved a one-timer by LoPresti after a steal by Xavier in the BG third of the pitch.
• 85' | Duwve made another stop on a Musketeer shot, off of a free kick on the right side of the box.
• 87' | Sophomore Mackenzie Reuber ran down Samantha Dewey on the left side of the penalty area, knocking the ball away to thwart a scoring chance.

WHAT'S NEXT?
• The Falcons begin the home portion of the schedule on Friday evening (Aug. 30), facing Valparaiso University in a 7:00 p.m. start at Cochrane Stadium. Admission is free to all BGSU regular-season home matches.

FOLLOW THE FALCONS
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