UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. - The Saginaw Valley State University
women's soccer team fell to Great Lake Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference (GLIAC) opponent Northern Michigan, 2-1 today (Oct.
22).
Both the Cardinals and the Wildcats remained scoreless through
the first half of play in the contest. Northern got on the
scoreboard first scoring just 19 seconds into the second
half. Saginaw Valley answered back at the 84:14 mark when
sophomore Charley Porter (Midland, Mich.) found the back of the net
to knot the score at 1-1. The Wildcats scored the final goal
of the match-up with just one second remaining in regulation time
for the 2-1 win over the Cardinals.
With the loss Saginaw Valley falls to 8-6-1 overall on the
season, and 7-5-1 in the GLIAC, while Northern Michigan improves to
7-3-5 overall on the season, and 7-3-3 in the GLIAC. The
Cardinals will be back in action on Sunday (Oct. 24) when they take
on Michigan Tech for their final regular season home game.
Game time is scheduled for 2:00 pm.
