Soccer Knocks Off Akron
9/26/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
AKRON, Ohio -- After playing scoreless for more than 86 minutes, senior forward Lauren Covay (Oswego, Ill./Oswego) scored with 3:36 to play to give the Kent State University soccer team a 1-0 victory against archrival University of Akron tonight (Sept. 26). The Golden Flashes (7-1-1, 5-0-0 Mid-American Conference) matched their all-time high with their fifth MAC win of the season. The victory against the Zips (2-6-1, 1-4-0 MAC) was Kent State's seventh in a row, which is also an all-time best.
Covay's goal, her third of the season, broke the scoreless deadlock in an evenly played match. The Golden Flashes outshot Akron 10-6 and had nine corner kicks to Akron's five, as the teams played a hard-fought game that was KSU's fourth one-goal game of the year and Akron's fifth straight.
Freshman keeper Shannon Lynn (Brampton, Ontario/St. Thomas Aquinas) made two saves for her third shutout of the season. She improved her record to 4-0-0 on the year, and lowered her goals-against average to 0.60. The shutout was team's MAC-best fifth of the season.
Kent State maintained its hold on first place in the MAC, now owning 15 points. The Golden Flashes came into the game three points ahead of second place Ball State University.
The Golden Flashes are next in action on Tuesday, Sept. 30, when they play a non-conference match at Robert Morris University. The game will be KSU's fourth straight on the road.
NOTES: Kent State equaled its all-time high with its fifth MAC win, matching the conference win totals from 1998, 1999 and 2001 ... The Flashes have won five straight MAC games, an all-time best, with the most recent three coming on the road ... Kent State is now 3-1-1 away from home this season, after going 0-8-1 last season ... KSU has won seven straight matches after starting the season 0-1-1 at the Arizona Invitational ... The seven consecutive wins are an all-time high ... The Golden Flashes are off to the best start in school history.
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