Big East Opponent, Xavier, Claims 2-0 Win Over Akron

Sunday, September 8

Akron, Ohio

1 PM

University of Akron

2-3-0, 0-0-0

Xavier

3-1-1, 0-0-0

Team	1	2	Final F
Xavier	0	2	2
Akron	0	0	0

Photo by: Ernie Aranyosi

Big East Opponent, Xavier, Claims 2-0 Win Over Akron

September 08 | Women's Soccer

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AKRON, Ohio– The Akron women's soccer team hosted Big East opponent, Xavier, at FirstEnergy Field on Sunday afternoon but the result did not fall in favor of UA as the Musketeers claimed a 2-0 win over the Zips in non-conference action.

Akron now stands 2-4-0 on the season while XU improved to 4-1-1 on the year.

For the day, the Zips tallied a pair of shots in the match with both falling on goal courtesy of sophomore Aislinn Meaney (Ennis, Ireland) in the first half and freshman Lucia Lobato (Galway, Ireland) in the second period.

In the net, the freshman duo of Vanessa Berlin (Gau-Oderheim, Germany) and Libby Harper (Hatfield, England) combined to make three saves in the net for Akron.

The Zips and Musketeers played a scoreless first half as Akron's defense limited a potent XU offense to just three shots that were all pulled in and saved by Berlin.

Xavier was able to crack the Zips defense in the second stanza with a pair of goals in the 53' and 57'.

Despite playing from behind, the Akron offense continued to push forward but was unable to find the back of the net before the 90 minutes were up.

Akron is back in action one week from today, Sunday, Sept. 15, as the Zips three-game homestand continues when Eastern Kentucky comes to town. UA and the Colonials are scheduled for a 1 p.m. match.