Goals from Julia Flanagan, Alyssa Beckett lead Women's Soccer to 2-1 win over Wilmington

ADA — The Ohio Northern women's soccer team scored two first-half goals and held off Wilmington in the second half to defeat the Quakers 2-1 on Wednesday night in Ohio Athletic Conference play.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (5-8-1 overall, 4-2-0 OAC), Wilmington (7-6-2 overall, 0-5-1 OAC)
• Venue: Kerscher Stadium — Ada, Ohio

The Match

• The Polar Bears opened the scoring with a goal in the ninth minute courtesy of junior Julia Flanagan (Dublin/Watterson) on an assist from junior Chandler Clark (Lima/Bath).
• Junior Alyssa Beckett (Monroe) made it a 2-0 ONU lead in the 43rd minute, scoring off of a corner kick from junior Emma Bowman (Novi, Mich./Northville).
• Trailing 2-0, the Quakers got on the scoreboard in the 57th minute thanks to a goal from Alex Wilson.
• The Polar Bears held Wilmington scoreless the rest of the way to preserve the victory.
• Beckett led ONU with four shots in the game.
• Freshman Morgan Moeller (Harrison/Roger Bacon) played all 90 minutes in goal for ONU and recorded two saves.
• Ohio Northern out-shot Wilmington 17-7 and had a 7-3 edge in corner kicks.

Highlight

• Beckett scores in the 43rd minute

Notables

• Flanagan's goal was the first of her career.
• Beckett's goal was her second of the season and the 14th of her career. She now has 32 career points.
• Bowman now has 16 career assists, which is just five shy of breaking into the top 10 on the school's all-time leaderboard in that category.
• ONU leads the all-time series with WC by a 21-7-1 margin.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears return to action on Saturday at OAC foe Muskingum at 1 p.m.