No. 13 Marian Hands No. 8 Spring Arbor First CL Defeat on Rain-Soaked Night

Spring Arbor, Mich. - After enduring a weather delay of 90 minutes before the opening kickoff, the Marian women's soccer team pieced together a strong first half, pouring on two goals to help capture a 3-1 victory in a weather-shortened contest against No. 8 Spring Arbor. Marian's victory is their 10th of the season, as they move to 3-1-1 in the CL.

The first half got off to a slow start with the Knights claiming two shots with Lizzie Chlystun's being on target. Spring Arbor claimed a lot of the possession with five shots two being on target. The Knights claimed possession of the ball with Katie Koger hitting the back of the net to claim the 1-0 lead at the 28 minute mark. Ten short minutes later Marian Corro Celma was able to hit the back of the net to increase the lead 2-0 going into the half.

Olivia Parmer opened up the second half with a shot on goal to be saved by the Cougar's goalie. Sammie King took her chance at a goal but was unsuccessful to the home team's goal keeper. Spring Arbor decreased the Knights lead with a goal at the 56' mark. Layla Brown was able to get her shot in the net four minutes later. The Cougars took three more shots while the Knights took one before the game was called at the 72:51 mark due to another enslaught of heavy rain and lightning, securing the 3-1 win for Marian.

Koger scored the game's first goal and had a pair of shots on the night, while Corro Celma drove home the second goal of the match on her only shot of the game. After seeing SAU score in the second half, Layla Brown's second shot of the game and only on-target stood as the game-sealing goal. Parmer was the only other Knight with two shot attempts in the game, both targets going on goal.

Mychaela Johnson earned the win in goal for Marian, making three saves in the contest while allowing one goal. Johnson is now 5-2-1 overall in goal on the season. 

The Knights will be back in action at home against Bethel University on Wednesday October 16th starting at 7:00 p.m.

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