Marian University Ind.

Indianapolis, Ind. - The Marian women's soccer team closed out the 2026 regular season with a 4-0 win over Saint Francis advancing to 12-2-3 overall on the season and 6-2-2 in the Crossroads League. Marian was led by four different Knights each scoring one goal in the match-up.

Saint Francis opened up the match with a shot that was saved by Lily Ames in goal and Marian was able to quickly counter with a pair of shots from Olivia Parmer and Cecelia Kostick. Liz Fisher followed up a minute later with the first goal of the match to take the 1-0 lead in the 14th minute of play. Marian continued to strike with Sophia Dawson firing off a trio of shots with one saved and Parmer shooting off one which was saved by the Cougars goalie. Allie Tredway kept the momentum going with the second goal of the evening to increase Marian's lead to two. Less than a minute later Lauren Maresh took her first attempt which was blocked before she was able to follow up with a goal to extend the lead to three in the 31st minute of play. The Knights took one final stride with Esme Alaneme attempting a shot but went a little high off the target ending the first half with the 3-0 lead. 

Out of halftime Marian continued to strike with Ava Sivadat firing off a pair of shots with one saved by the goalie. Saint Francis took their second attempt of the game taking a shot wide left. The Knights were able to gain control back quickly drawing a corner kick from Erin Kelly which sent the ball to Kaitlyn Lavezzi who reached the back of the net increasing the lead to four. With 15 minutes left to play Marian attempted four more shots from Kelly, Elizabeth Lantrip, and Leila Ramirez-Noon but ended up short taking the 4-0 victory over the Cougars.

Lauren Maresh led the way recording two shots and one goal while Liz Fischer, Kaitlyn Lavezzi, and Allie Tredway each recorded one and one goal. Erin Kelly tallied the only assist on the evening. In goal Lily Ames played all 90 minutes and recorded the win and one save in the match. 

Marian will be back in action on Tuesday as they open up Crossroads League Tournament play taking on the fourth-seed No. 14 Taylor in Upland in the quarterfinal match up starting at 7 PM.