TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo women's soccer team battled with a strong Northwestern squad, but two late first-half goals put the Rockets in a hole they could not recover from in a 3-1 loss at Paul Hotmer Field on Sunday.
 
The Wildcats broke a scoreless tie with five minutes left in the opening half, then added another a few minutes later to take a 2-0 lead into the locker room at halftime. Northwestern made it a 3-0 game with another goal at the 53-minute mark.
 
Senior Madison Medalle gave the Rockets renewed hope when she scored on a penalty kick at the 84-minute mark to trim the lead to 3-1, but the Rockets were not able to rally any further. Toledo's goal was the first allowed by Northwestern (3-0-1) in four games this season.
 
"I am very proud of the group," head coach Mark Batman said. "We were the first team to score on them all season. We had a very gritty performance, and we just kept asking the team to keep growing every single game. The main thing we talked about today was to be cohesive, pay attention to details, and be a better team. I am happy with the second half, really happy we got a goal, and we'll build off of it to get ready for next Sunday."
 
Goals, and Key Moments

• 3' | Toledo's Kaema Amachree had a breakaway and set up Grace Turski, whose shot was grabbed by Northwestern's Riley Fitzpatrick near the crossbar.
• 40' | Northwestern got on the board first on a shot to the bottom right corner of the net by Caterina Regazzoni.
• 43' | Northwestern doubled its lead when Jaelyn Eisenhart's shot took a funny redirect to land at the bottom left of the goal past Toledo's Brielle Young.
• 53' | The Wildcats' lead extended to 3-0 when Ingrid Falls took a shot from the top of the box and scored in the top left corner of the goal.  
• 84' |The Rockets were awarded a penalty kick and Madison Medalle scored in the top left corner to get the Rockets on the board, 3-1.
• Northwestern tried to head the ball over Young but she jumped to knock the ball away and keep the visitors from scoring.

Stats, Notes, and Numbers

• Brielle Young made her first career start in goal for the Rockets and made 13 saves.
• Madison Medalle's goal was her third of the season and eighth of her career.
• Grace Turski matched her career-high with three shots.
• Northwestern had a 26-9 shot advantage over Toledo.
• Toledo is now 0-1-0 all-time vs. Northwestern.

Up Next
Toledo (0-2-1) will head up to Detroit on Sunday, Sept. 3 to play Detroit Mercy (0-1-3) at 1:00 p.m. at Titan Field.