SOCCER

10/21/2015, 10:19am

McCabe or Williams: Who will start?

By Robert Sherman

The Eastern Michigan University women's soccer team has used over 10 different starting line-ups in 15 matches played during the 2015 season. So the question going into the end of the season not only becomes what starting 10 outfield players head coach Scott Hall puts on the field, but also, who Hall selects to play goalkeeper as the last defense for the Eagles.

Eagles junior Madison Hirsch scores on a header delivered from Ellie Tillar.

10/13/2015, 1:13pm

'We need points,' Eagles take loss in Toledo

By Robert Sherman

The Eastern Michigan University women’s soccer team traveled to the University of Toledo on Sunday afternoon and took a disappointing 1-0 loss to the Rockets, putting the Eagles in a bind as the post-season approaches. Eagles (4-8-2, 1-4-1 MAC) goalkeeper Megan McCabe took the loss despite making five saves in her second start back from injury, while the Eagles mustered only three shots on goal.

10/10/2015, 2:26pm

Eagles head to double-overtime, draw Central Michigan 0-0

By Robert Sherman

The Eastern Michigan University soccer team traveled to Mount Pleasant Friday evening, and played the Central Michigan University Chippewas to a 0-0 draw after the game went to double overtime. It was a tight game on a cold, windy night in Mount Pleasant that saw plenty of scoring chances for both the Eagles (4-7-2; 1-3-1 MAC) and the Chippewas (3-7-2; 2-2-1 MAC). But after 110 minutes the game ended just as it began and no team came out ahead to take an important three points in the Mid-American Conference standings.

10/4/2015, 11:45pm

Late goal leads Eastern Michigan to 3-2 victory over Akron

By Robert Sherman

Junior Ellie Tillar scored a beautiful headed goal late in the game to send the Eastern Michigan University women’s soccer team past the University of Akron by a score of 3-2 on Sunday afternoon in Ypsilanti. Using its ninth different starting lineup in 12 games, Eastern Michigan (4-7-1; 1-3-0 MAC) scored three goals, two of which being put in the goal off of set pieces to try and catch momentum and beat the Akron.

Eastern Michigan's Madison Hirsch heads a ball toward goal against the University of Buffalo in Friday's 1-0 defeat. 

10/3/2015, 10:26am

Eagles shut out at home by Buffalo

By Robert Sherman

The Eastern Michigan University women’s soccer team took a hard defeat on Friday afternoon when the University of Buffalo came to town and defeated the Eagles 1-0 on a cold, windy day at Scicluna Field.

9/27/2015, 10:57pm

Eastern Michigan blanked by Miami-Ohio, 1-0

By Robert Sherman

The Eastern Michigan University women’s soccer team hosted the University of Miami-Ohio Redhawks in a Mid-American Conference match-up on Sunday, in which the Eagles fell 1-0 to a set-piece goal in the team’s second game at Scicluna Field.

9/10/2015, 9:36pm

Eagles downed by late Titans goal

By Robert Sherman

The Eastern Michigan University women’s soccer team was defeated 1-0 by the University of Detroit-Mercy on Thursday afternoon, after a goal was scored in the 89th minute by the Titans. The Eagles (2-4-1) were incapable of capitalizing on multiple scoring chances throughout the game, which allowed the Titans (3-4) to keep the game level until the closing seconds of the match where they took advantage of a free kick to hand the Eagles their fourth loss of the season.

9/7/2015, 8:48pm

Nason scores two in 3-1 defeat of UIC

By Robert Sherman

Redshirt freshman Kristin Nason scored two goals against the University of Illinois-Chicago on Sunday afternoon in Ypsilanti where the Eagles were victorious in the team’s home opener for the 2015-2016 season. The Sunday afternoon bout was the first to be played at Scicluna Field this season, where Nason has been red-hot dating back to preseason exhibition matches in July.

Redshirt-freshman Kristin Nason battles for the battle in a match at Scicluna Field. 

9/1/2015, 5:07pm

EMU Soccer outlasts Loyola-Chicago to record first win on season

By Robert Sherman

Senior Megan Trapp scored the Eastern Michigan University women’s soccer teams’ lone goal Sunday when the Eagles traveled to Chicago and defeated Loyola-Chicago 1-0. The match was a part of the Loyola Invitational in Chicago, Ill., where the Eagles (1-3) were trampled 7-0 earlier in the weekend by a ranked DePaul University.

8/23/2015, 9:24am

Women's soccer thrashed 8-1 by Michigan

By Robert Sherman

The Eastern Michigan University women’s soccer team traveled to Ann Arbor on Friday evening to try and secure the first victory against the University of Michigan in it’s programs history, but instead brought an 8-1 loss back to Ypsilanti.

8/15/2015, 10:09am

‘We’re out for blood’, EMU Soccer season set to begin

By Robert Sherman

When a hard-fought season comes to an abrupt end in extra time of a tournament playoff game against a rival school, you can assume that the players on the losing team would feel defeated and deflated. This was the case for the girls on the Eastern Michigan University soccer team last year when it fell by a score of 3-2 to Western Michigan University in the first round of the Mid-American Conference tournament.

7/22/2015, 3:52pm

Inaugural women's soccer coach inducted into EMU Hall of Fame

By Robert Sherman

Inaugural women’s soccer head coach Paul Scicluna is one of seven individuals to be inducted into the Eastern Michigan University athletics hall of fame as announced on Wednesday afternoon by the E-Club Alumni Chapter. Scicluna coached the EMU women’s soccer team from its first year in 1994 until 1999 when he passed away tragically while recruiting for the team.

6/6/2015, 4:20pm

Column: EMU Soccer is better than the "Power Three"

By Robert Sherman

When it comes to the athletics program at Eastern Michigan University, Mid-American Conference regular season wins, titles, appearances in MAC tournaments and championships are the most important goals for the respective teams. And no team at Eastern Michigan University has exemplified and attained these goals in the past five years more than the Women’s Soccer team, led by head coach Scott Hall.