TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo women's soccer team scored once in the first half and added two more goals in the second half to push past Akron 3-0, at Paul Hotmer Field on Sunday afternoon.
The win was the fifth shutout for the Rockets this season and their third consecutive blanking. Following a big 1-0 victory at Ohio on Thursday, the Rockets are now 6-5-2, 3-2-1 in MAC play and move into a tie for fifth place in the conference with Northern Illinois. The top six teams qualify for the Mid-American Conference Tournament at the end of this month.Â
"It was a great week for the girls," head coach
Mark Batman said. "We are very proud of them and their efforts this week. We are on to next week as each week provides different challenges."
Sophomore
Brooklyn Whitehead broke the 0-0 tie in the 23
rd minute off a pass from senior
Grace Turski to give Toledo a 1-0 lead heading into halftime. UT extended its lead to three when juniors
Mia Leonetti and
Olivia Dault scored back-to-back goals just four minutes apart. Leonetti doubled the lead in the 54
th minute, and Dault added an insurance goal in the 58
th minute from a pass by teammate Turski. Redshirt freshman
Brielle Young made the start in net for the Rockets, sharing the shutout with senior
Karson Hill, who took over in the 86
th minute and put a stop to Akron's final shot taken by Kiana Harsh to secure the win.
Young made six saves this afternoon to secure her third-straight shutout and fifth (four solo and one combined) of the season. In the last three games, she has made 16 saves.
Goals and Key Moments
- 23' | Whitehead took a pass from Turski and sent the ball to the bottom right corner of the net and put Toledo on the board, 1-0.
- 49' | Lucia Johnson took a shot to the center of the goal but was rejected by a diving save from Young to keep Akron off the board.
- 54' | Senior Emily Mann took a shot just inside the box that deflected off the left post, and Leonetti tracked down the ball to send it to the bottom right of the goal to double UT's lead, 2-0.
- 58' | Turski crossed the ball from the right side to Dault, who sent the ball past Akron's Sara Bower in the bottom left corner to extend the lead to 3-0.
Stats, Notes, and Numbers
- Whitehead and Dault both have two goals this season, while Leonetti has three.
- Turski's two assists is a career-high and she now has a team-high four assists on the season.
- Toledo improves to 15-5-2 all-time vs. Akron.
- Sunday's win is the third consecutive MAC win for Toledo. The last time UT won three league games in a row was Sept. 28-Oct. 4, 2018.
Up Next
Toledo will stay home for its next game on Thursday, Oct. 12 vs. Eastern Michigan (1-7-6-, 1-3-2 MAC). The Rockets and Eagles will kick off the Breast Cancer Awareness game at 7:00 p.m.