Flashes Fall In Close Match With Eastern Michigan On The Road

Sunday, October 4

Ypsilanti, MI

1:00 PM

Kent State University

2-8-2, 1-4-0

Eastern Michigan

6-1-4, 4-0-1

Team	1	2	Final F
Kent St.	0	1	1
Eastern Mich.	1	1	2

Flashes Fall In Close Match With Eastern Michigan On The Road

10/4/2026 3:48:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Ypsilanti, Mich. – The Kent State Soccer team fell narrowly on the road on Sunday in a close loss to conference leading Eastern Michigan by a score of 2-1.

The Flashes defense held tough for the first 40 minutes of the game, but the Eagles struck first at the end of the half as Annalyse Bauer scored a goal to bring the score to 1-0 into the halftime break.

EMU would score a second time in the 62-minute from Ella Miller but the Flashes would respond later in the half in the 85th-minute as Samantha Miller capitalized on a penalty kick for the second straight game to put the ball in the back of the net to keep the Flashes alive. However, the blue and gold were unable to connect again as they fell just short of drawing on the road.

On the stat sheet, it was an even match as both teams produced nine shots overall and four shots on goal. The Flashes also narrowly defeated the Eagles in the corner kick department by a tally of 5-4. KSU Senior goalkeeper Leah Shaffer once again played all 90 minutes in net for the Flashes as she was able to produce two saves on nine shots faced.

Up Next

The Golden Flashes will continue their road trip when they visit an in-state rival in the Ohio Bobcats next Sunday for a 1 P.M. start.

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