OSWEGO, NY – The Houghton College Women's Soccer team dropped their second game of the season on a last-minute goal. With the score tied, 1-1, Oswego's Liz Meyers (Monroe, NY) found the bottom-right corner of the net with only 14 seconds remaining on the clock to push the Lakers past the Highlanders.
Oswego freshman Katharine Balog (Rome, NY) started the scoring with a goal off of a Graisa Madden (Baldwinsville, NY/C.W. Baker) pass at the 35 minute mark.
Three minutes later, Houghton freshman
Mikayla Simons (Hong Kong) responded by knocking in her first goal of the season off of a corner kick that
Moriah Steffen (Kidron, OH) headed her way.
GAME VITALS
Score: Houghton – 1 | Oswego – 2
Records: Houghton: 0-2-0 | Oswego: 1-1-0:
Venue: Laker Turf Stadium | Attendance: 152
SCORING SUMMARY
| Time |
Team |
Description |
| 34:55 |
 |
Katharine Balog (1)
Assisted By: Graisa Madden
Madden sent a shot towards left post and Balog buried it. |
| 37:54 |
 |
Mikayla Simons (1)
Steffen headed a corner toward Simons, who put it inside right post |
| 89:45 |
|
Liz Myers (1)
Assisted By: Maggie Riordan
Riordan sent a pass in from left corner of box and Myers scored low right |
NOTABLE STATS
>> The Highlander's freshman Goalkeeper,
Megan Merrifield (Liverpool, NY), made eight saves on the day.
>>Houghton freshman
Mikayla Simons scored her first career goal as a Highlander.
>>The Highlanders were out-shot by the Lakers 10-15.
COACH'S CORNER
"That was a heartbreaking ending to a well fought match. Honestly, there were threatening chances each way throughout the game. I am happy with the way the girls battled against another quality opponent. We are eager to get back to training on Monday. We are going to continue to build, and this group is only going to improve as the season goes on." - Coach Nikki Elsasser
UP NEXT
The Highlanders will travel to Brockport on Saturday, September 7
th for their next non-conference tilt.
