TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo women's soccer team hosted its first Mid-American Conference match of the season and came up on the losing side of a 2-0 final to Northern Illinois on Senior Day at Paul Hotmer Field Sunday afternoon.

"It was a tough loss today," head coach TJ Buchholz said. "We played well for good stretches of the game, but just couldn't find the back of the net. I give credit to NIU's defense for having a great performance today. The good thing is we had 19 shots. Now we have to find a way to put goals away."

Senior Brooke Stonehouse looked like she was going to break a 0-0 stalemate, but NIU goalkeeper Deighton Wamer threw herself onto the ball to prevent the first goal of the game. NIU took a one-goal lead into halftime and added the insurance goal at the 51st-minute that the Rockets could not recover from.

Goals and Key Moments

• 12'| Morgan Otteson fed the ball to Brooke Stonehouse who carried the ball down the right side of the field, but NIU goalkeeper Deighton Wamer lunged for the ball to cover the ball to keep the score at 0-0.
• 41'| GOAL NIU's Reegan Kingpavong passed the loose ball to Kierah Meier who shot the ball to the bottom right corner to break the stalemate and give the visiting team a 1-0 lead.
• 51'| GOAL Jamie Ward set up Kingpavong to double the Huskies' lead, 2-0.

Stats, Notes and Numbers

• Sunday's game was the 29th career matchup between Toledo and Northern Illinois, with the Rockets holding an 18-9-2 advantage.
• The Rockets had a 19-10 shot advantage over the Huskies.
• Stephanie Currie put up five shots, matching her career-high in a single game.
• Seniors Adele Stradling, Morgan Otteson, Brooke Stonehouse, Madison Medalle, Stephanie Currie, Marcy Clark, Emma Boutorwick, Vanessa Jones, and Rylee Michaels were honored on Sunday afternoon.

Up Next
Toledo will welcome Buffalo to Paul Hotmer Field this Thursday for a 7:00 p.m. kickoff.