Zips Tie with Oakland on the Road

Thursday, August 25

Rochester, MI

7:00 PM

University of Akron

1-0-2, 0-0-0

Oakland

2-0-1, 0-0-0

Akron

Oakland

August 25 | Women's Soccer

Box Score

BOXSCORE (PDF)

ROCHESTER, Mich.- The Akron women's soccer team (1-0-2) tied non-conference opponent Oakland, 1-1, on Thursday night at the OU Soccer Field.

The Zips were outshot 21-9 by the Golden Grizzlies and put up four shots on goal to Oakland's seven. Akron's offensive efforts were led by freshman Emma King (Akron, Ohio) who registered three shots and scoring the Zips' lone goal. King has scored a goal in back-to-back games, making this her second goal of the season. Sophomore Sarah Nguyen (Irwin, Pa.) had two shots, both being on target.

Sophomore goalkeeper Maxima Carlitz (Stolberg, Germany) got her first start of the season tallying six saves on 21 shots faced.

HOW IT HAPPENED

At the 20^th-minute, King put the Zips ahead 1-0 on an unassisted goal. This was King's second goal of the season.
Akron threatened to add to its lead coming out of the break by firing off two shots within the first two minutes of the second half. Sophomore Katharina Bilz's (Huensteetn Wallbach, Germany) shot sailed wide right, while King's shot was blocked.
Oakland's Alex Sabbagh tied the game in the 84^th-minute.

UP NEXT
Akron will travel to Richmond, Ky. on Friday, Sept. 2 as the Zips take on Eastern Kentucky at 4 p.m. Fans will be able to follow the action on ESPN+ and follow live stats on GoZips.com.

About Zips Athletics
Founded in 1870, The University of Akron (UA) is one of Ohio's most influential public urban research universities, conducting high-quality research in focused areas of excellence, contributing to the vitality of the local economy, and providing a workforce highly trained in diverse disciplines. The University offers more than 200 degree programs, including unique, highly ranked associate, bachelor's, master's, doctoral and law degrees — with accreditations by 35 professional agencies. UA is focused on innovation, entrepreneurship, investment in community and economic growth. Akron sponsors 17 NCAA Division I sports with more than 500 student-athletes. Learn more at gozips.com.

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