ALLIANCE, Ohio – Mount Union's women's soccer team defeated Heidelberg 2-1 in Ohio Athletic Conference play on Wednesday evening.
After a scoreless first half the Purple Raiders (7-6, 2-3 OAC) would get on the board first when senior
Eleanore Busch (Concord Twp. / Riverside) found the back of the net off an assist from fellow senior
Ella Dinwiddie (Medina / Wadsworth) to take a 1-0 lead in the 47
th minute. Mount Union would then add to their lead in the 65
th minute when junior
Rachel Chenos (Hilliard / Hilliard Bradley) scored off an assist from senior
Simone Thiel (Cuyahoga Falls / Hoban) and Dinwiddie to push the lead to two goals.
The Student Princes (4-11, 1-5 OAC) would cut into the lead in the 76
th minute when Brianna Braatz found the back of the net to cut the lead to one goal, but that is as close as they would be able to get as Mount Union would go on to win 2-1.
The Raiders will hit the road next when they travel to Wilmington to take on the Quakers in OAC play on Saturday, October 24 at 7 p.m.
