University of Saint Thomas: 3-1

It was a hard fought battle this Saturday against the Saint Thomas, as the gusties fell 3-1 to the Tommies.  The girls managed to knock the ball around very well, though, as we were able to maintain very much of the possession in the first half and really control the midfield. We had a few slight momentary breakdowns in the first half that unfortunately saw us 3-0 at halftime, as the Tommies were able to find the net off of a few shots from distance that caught the players by surprise.

Besides those few instances however, the girls were able to stay very strong throughout the back, as they held the scoreline to 3 for Saint Thomas through the second half, as we were then able to nearly spark a comeback as Maddison Ackiss slotted in a beautiful shot after receiving a perfectly threaded through ball from Sophie Leininger, finding herself 1v1 with the goalkeeper and calmly placing the ball into the back of the net. The girls almost saw their second goal of the half come just minutes later as Brittany Chase nearly netted an absolute cracker of a shot that had gone just inches outside of the goal.

The girls are really starting to work the ball around well, beginning to work side to side very well, bringing our back line into the attack more which we were happy to see as well as starting to really work off of the feet of our forwards a lot more. We’re looking forward to then working off of this play and feeding off of it as the girls go into our next home match, this Thursday, October 14^th against Saint Catherine’s University at 4pm.

Women’s Soccer Falls To St. Thomas 3-1

Posted on October 11th, 2014 by Nick Hoelmer

 

Maddison Ackiss scored her eighth goal of the season in a 3-1 loss to St. Thomas on Saturday Afternoon

St. Paul, Minn. – The Gustavus Adolphus women’s soccer team dropped its third straight contest on Saturday afternoon when it was defeated by the University of St. Thomas 3-1 at South Field. The loss puts Gustavus at 0-4-2 in the MIAC and 1-8-3 overall while St. Thomas moves to 5-2-0 in the MIAC and 6-5-1 overall.

The Tommies were aggressive from the start, scoring their first goal less than two minutes into the game on a goal by Morgan McConachie from the top of the box at the 1:50 mark. Thirty minutes of play passed before Tommie forward Sydney Presley scored two goals within nine seconds of one another to put St. Thomas up 3-0 at the 32:48 mark and give the home team a comfortable lead heading into halftime.

Gustavus forward Maddison Ackiss (So., Fairbanks, Alaska) scored her eighth goal of the season at the 58:08 mark to bring the Gusties within two, but Gustavus could not do anymore damage.

Caroline Olson (Sr., York, Penn.) took the loss at keeper for Gustavus. Olson allowed three goals, had three saves and saw her record drop to 1-8-3 on the season.

Gustavus will try and find its first MIAC victory in its next match when St. Catherine University (5-6-1, 2-4 MIAC) comes to St. Peter on Tuesday afternoon for a 4 p.m. match.