Soccer Season Ends With Loss At Aquinas
MU falls in WHAC Semi-finals for second straight season

Oct. 24, 2007

Andrea Johnson (pictured) scored MU's goal in a 2-1 loss at Aquinas on Wednesday afternoon.

BOX SCORE

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – A pair of first half goals by Aquinas’ Bri Hill proved to be too much for the Madonna women’s soccer team to overcome as the Crusaders fell 2-1 in Grand Rapids on Wednesday afternoon. MU ends the season with an 8-7-2 record.

The Crusaders had the game’s first scoring chances as just 35 seconds in Lauren Hess sent a shot in that made Kristina Gladstone come off of her line to stop and keep the match scoreless. MU had three more chances in the first 8 ½ minutes as Dina Allie, Kaila Moore and Hess all took shots that Gladstone had to make saves on.

AQ got on the board in the 10th minute as Hill took a pass from Jessica Greaney and got her shot past Chelsea Gregg for a 1-0 Saint lead. Aquinas added its second goal in the 33rd minute as Hill found the back of the net again, this time off of a pair of passes to make it 2-0 heading into halftime.

Coming out of the intermission, Hill almost made it 3-0 as she took a shot that bounced off of the post and out of harms way.

Madonna got on the board in the 51st minute as after a Rachaelle Mirto corner kick, Andrea Johnson took a pass from Andrea Muscat and her hard shot found the back of the net to cut the Aquinas lead to 2-1 with just under 40 minutes remaining.

The Crusaders almost tied the match in the 53rd minute as Shelby Mathison’s shot had to be snared by Gladstone to keep the match 2-1 in favor of the home team. MU had two more chances to tie the match as Sarah Rokuski forced Gladstone to make a save on her shots in the 69th and 73rd minutes but the AQ keeper proved up to the task and kept the score at 2-1 to allow the Saints to advance to Saturday’s WHAC championship match.

Madonna out shot Aquinas 16-12, including holding an 8-5 margin in shots on goal. Gregg made three saves, compared to seven by her counterpart Gladstone.

Madonna, which ends its season for the second straight season in the WHAC semi-finals, bids good bye to its two seniors, goalie Traci Anderson and Mirto.


 Contact:
Patrick Moore, Sports Information Director
(734) 432-5834
pimoore@madonna.edu