Upland, Ind.- The Marian women's soccer team falls 0-1 to Taylor Wednesday evening. The Knights are now 1-1-1 in the Crossroads League and 8-2-2 overall.
The first half remained scoreless for both teams but was highlighted by multiple shots taken on both sides of the field. Kylie Jones got things started off with three back-to-back corner kicks followed up by a shot high by
Gretchen Mallin. Jones recorded two more corner kicks before Taylor claimed possession of the ball. After two missed Trojan shots the Knights got the ball back into their hands with
Layla Brown hitting the crossbar to be followed up by Kyle Conrad recording two shots on goal and
Kaitlyn Lavezzi recording one.
Opening up the second half
Lizzie Chlystun recorded a shot wide. Jones then recorded a shot on goal and a corner kick back-to-back.
Marian Corro Celma got her hand in the mix shooting to high to be followed up by two shots by Brown. Once Taylor claimed possession of the ball to score the single goal of the game. The Knights offense continued to push with Chlystun, Brown,
Sammie King,
Naomi Walters, Jones,
Erin Kelly, and
Jordan Love all recording shots but were to no avail.
Layla Brown led the team in shots with seven while, Kylie Jones and
Kylie Conrad recorded three each, and
Lizzie Chlystun recorded two. In goal
Mycheala Johnson had no saves on the evening.
The Knights are back in action at home Saturday, October 5th against Grace starting at 2:00 p.m.
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