Upland, Ind. - The Marian women's soccer team advanced in the Crossroads League Tournament with a dominating 3-0 win over No. 14 Taylor.
Olivia Parmer led the Knights in the win with a brace. The Knights move to 12-2-3 overall on the season and advance to the Semifinal round.
Parmer opened up the game with a shot that was saved by the Trojans goalie and was able to quickly follow up with another shot reaching the back of the net to take the early 1-0 lead. Taylor countered four minutes later with a shot that was saved by
Lily Ames in goal, and
Sophia Dawson was quick to take charge on Marian's side with a shot that came up just shy against Taylor's defense. The Trojans then took charge of the half recording three shots with two going high and one wide to the left of the goal. The Knights took two more chances with
Sienna Mullen taking a shot that ended a tad wide to the left and
Allie Tredway taking one that was blocked by Taylor's defense ending the half with the 1-0 lead.
Taylor opened up the second half with a shot that was saved by Ames once again. Marian was quick to counter with a trio of shots before
Erin Kelly reached the back of the net increasing the lead to two goals at the 72nd minute. Less than seven minutes later the Knights struck again with Parmer recording her second goal of the night to increase the lead to three. Marian was able to maintain possession not allowing the Trojans to reach the box until the 87th minute of play where they took on final strike coming up short to Ames' defense once again. Marian then took the 3-0 shutout win over No. 14 Taylor to advance in the tournament.
Olivia Parmer led the way going 4-5 on shots with two goals in her 87 minutes played.
Erin Kelly recorded one shot in the game which ended as a goal while
Sienna Mullen recorded two shots with one on target. In goal
Lily Ames played all 90 minutes and took the win while recording three saves on the night.
In the Knights win Head Coach
Justin Sullivan earned his 100th career win at Marian and is now two wins away from second winningest coach at Marian.
Marian will be back in action on Friday, November 6th as they travel to Winona Lake, Ind. to take on the first-seeded Lancers at 7 PM.
