Winona Lake, Ind. - The Marian women's soccer team upset No. 2 Grace on Friday evening, 3-1, advancing to the conference finals on Tuesday. The Knights had three different players score in the match-up and moved to 13-2-3 overall on the season.
Grace opened the game with four shots, but one was saved by
Lily Ames in goal. Marian was able to gain possession and fire off a pair of shots from
Olivia Parmer. The Lancers were able to fire off a pair of shots that were saved by Ames in goal. Grace continued the push in the box and got around Marian's defense, reached the back of the net, and took the lead in the 26th minute. The Knights fired off a pair of shots from Parmer and Spangler but came up short off the target. The Lancers followed up with another shot, but Parmer was quick to counter with one of her own. Parmer came up just short of a goal with her shot saved by Grace's goalie to end the half trailing 1-0.
The Knights were able to open up the second half with a goal from
Allie Tredway in the opening five minutes to tie the match 1-1. The Knights continued to hold Grace to no shots before striking themselves again with a pair of shots from
Jordan Love and
Allie Tredway.
Laney Harshany was able to follow up, benefiting from a foul and reaching the back of the net off a penalty kick to increase the lead to two. Marian continued to dominate in the second half, reaching the back of the net yet again with a shot from
Olivia Parmer to extend the lead with 15 minutes remaining. The Knights attempted one more strike with a shot from
Lauren Maresh but came up short, ending the game with the 3-1 upset over Grace.
Olivia Parmer led the way, firing off four shots with two on target and one in goal, while
Allie Tredway also had multiple shots in the match, with two on target and one in goal.
Laney Harshany recorded the third goal in the match-up and took the lead for the Knights. In goal,
Lily Ames earned the win and played all 90 minutes, recording three saves.
Marian will be back in action on Tuesday as they travel up to Marion, Ind., to take on the third-seeded Wildcats of Indiana Wesleyan at 7 PM.
