VALPARAISO, Ind. – The Golden Grizzlies lost to Valparaiso 4-1 on Thursday. Oakland came on strong in the second half, generating 11 of its 14 shots after halftime, but was held scoreless over the final 45 minutes.<\/p>\n
Oakland responded to Valpo’s early goal with pressure of its own, earning two corners in the first 15 minutes before Lilly Boebel<\/a> scored at 15:26 to make it 1-1. Boebel’s goal was an Olimpico, scored directly off a corner kick, and it was her first goal of the season.<\/p>\n Norah Schmidt<\/a> helped keep the match level during a physical opening stretch, saving Brylie Walos’ shot in the 14th minute.<\/p>\n Boebel had another attempt go wide less than two minutes after her goal, and Bailey Giddings<\/a> put a shot on frame in the 29th minute as well. Valpo moved back ahead on Martha Goddard’s goal at 36:35, and Schmidt added saves in the 36th and 40th minutes before Oakland went into halftime down 2-1.<\/p>\n Oakland spent the first 20 minutes of the second half chasing a 2-1 deficit with sustained pressure, taking eight shots from 49:08 to 65:19, including attempts by Bella Haynes<\/a>, Nicole Grimaldo<\/a>, and Isabella Bierod<\/a>, whose attempt bounced off the top woodwork.<\/p>\n The Beacons answered with goals by Kiara Desiderio at 67:13 and Martha Goddard at 71:50, pushing Oakland’s deficit to 4-1 despite another Schmidt save in between. Oakland continued to look for a response late, with Emma Smith<\/a> forcing a save at 76:23, a corner kick at 79:30 and additional shots from Giddings and Brae Cole<\/a>, but the match ended with Valpo ahead 4-1.<\/p>\n Boebel scored an unassisted goal and finished with two shots, putting one on frame. Bailey Giddings<\/a> put one of her team-high three shots on goal. Isabella Bierod<\/a> also tallied three shots for Oakland.<\/p>\n Up next, the Golden Grizzlies begin conference play as they host Cleveland State University on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VALPARAISO, Ind. – The Golden Grizzlies lost to Valparaiso 4-1 on Thursday. Oakland came on strong in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-460075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}