Saint Mary\u2019s soccer kicked off their season with two wins this past weekend. The Belles beat Franklin College 2-0 and Governors State 3-1 two days later to move to 2-0.\u00a0<\/p>\n
On the road against Franklin, Saint Mary\u2019s jumped out to the first lead of the season thanks to junior defender Brooke Baumann. Baumann scored on a penalty kick only 10:30 into the first half. In the second half, the Belles added another goal as sophomore defensive player Isabella Kreydich scored unassisted at the 54:42 mark. This would be the final goal of the game to help Saint Mary\u2019s get the win and improve to 1-0.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\tGovernors State proved to be more of a challenge for the Belles. In their home opener, Saint Mary\u2019s again took an early lead as freshman duo forward Mia Johnson and midfielder Marley Cady worked together to score 25:52 into the first. Kreydich added another goal later in the first, giving the Belles a 2-0 lead heading into the second half. Governors State tried to make their comeback, knocking a goal to cut the lead 2-1, but senior midfielder Janelle Aiello responded with one more unassisted goal, to bring the final to 3-1.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\tNow 2-0 on the season, the Belles look to build on a strong opening week with home games against North Central (Minn.) and Bluffton.\u00a0<\/p>\n
North Central (Minn.)<\/p>\n
\tThis will be the first time these two teams meet. The North Central Rams come into this game 1-1 on the season following a 1-0 win to Faith Baptist Bible College.<\/p>\n
Bluffton<\/p>\n
\tThis past season, the Belles faced off against the Bluffton Beavers but fell in a close 2-1 loss. Even while the Belles held Bluffton scoreless throughout the first half, Bluffton found their way past the defense to drop in two more goals and take the 2-1 win.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\tThis season, Bluffton currently stands 1-1 on the season, with a game against Wooster next, before their game against Saint Mary\u2019s on Sept. 6. Sophomore Brysan Brewer currently leads the Beavers on the field with a total of two goals scored alongside a total of six shots taken and four shots on goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\tThe Belles will host both teams this week. The match against the Rams is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 4 at 7 p.m while their match against Bluffton is set for Saturday Sept. 6 at 2 p.m. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saint Mary\u2019s soccer kicked off their season with two wins this past weekend. The Belles beat Franklin College…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115912,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-115911","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}