TOLEDO, Ohio – In its final home contest of the season, the Toledo women's soccer team lost to Kent State, 4-1, at Paul Hotmer Field on Sunday afternoon.

The Rockets trailed 1-0 at halftime, but two goals by the Golden Flashes early in the second half put UT in a deep hole. Junior Olivia Dault responded with an unassisted goal to cut the lead to 3-1. KSU answered with its fourth score at the 70-minute mark and kept Toledo off the scoreboard the rest of the way.
 
The loss puts Toledo (7-8-2, 4-5-1 MAC) in seventh place in the Mid-American Conference standings with one game remaining in the regular season. The Rockets travel to first-place Western Michigan (11-3-3, 7-0-3 MAC) on Thursday needing a win, combined with a loss by sixth-place Buffalo to Kent State, to qualify for the MAC Tournament. The top six teams qualify for the league tourney, beginning with the quarterfinals on Sunday, Oct. 29.

Goals and Key Moments

• 12' | Siena Stambolich scored for Kent State to take a 1-0 lead.
• 43' | Sophomore Brooklyn Whitehead tried to tie the game with a shot from the left post, but the ball danced on the line of the goal until Kent State's Ava Todd kicked the ball away.
• 48' | Kent State doubled its lead to 2-0 at the start of the second half.
• 53' | Senior Grace Turski sent a ball to the top left corner of the net, but the ball was grabbed by KSU's keeper Sarah Melen.
• 59' | Junior Olivia Dault scored an unassisted goal to cut Toledo's deficit to 3-1.
• 70' | Redshirt freshman Brielle Young got a hand on the shot from Kelsey Salopek, but the ball ended in the back of the net to make it a 4-1 game.

Stats, Notes, and Numbers

• Dault now has three goals this season.
• Toledo took 18 shots compared to Kent State's 11 shots.
• The Rockets are 9-17-3 all-time vs. the Golden Flashes.

Up Next
Toledo will head up to Kalamazoo, Mich. to play the final game of the regular season against a tough Western Michigan team on Thursday, Oct. 26 at 3:00 p.m.