Kent State Soccer Wins Season-Opener Behind Trio Of Goals

Thursday, August 13

Kent, Ohio

7:00 PM

Kent State University

1-0-0, 0-0-0

Cleveland State

0-1-0, 0-0-0

Team	1	2	Final F
Cleveland St.	0	0	0
Kent St.	1	2	3

Kent State Soccer Wins Season-Opener Behind Trio Of Goals

8/13/2026 10:28:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Kent, OHIO – The Kent State Soccer team opened up the regular season with a trio of goals on their way to a 3-0 win over Cleveland State in the home-opener. The victory gave the blue and gold their fourth straight season-opening win.

The first goal for Kent State came from freshman Lila Simon just minutes after she checked into the game for the first time in the 30th minute. Senior Samantha Miller sent in a chance on a corner kick and was deflected by sophomore Mia Cleroux. Simon came in for the clean up for her collegiate goal to give her team a 1-0 lead heading into the halftime break.

In the second half, KSU found some more offensive chances as graduate student Abby Breitschuch scored on a header from senior Allison Burkey in the 66th minute.

The Flashes sealed it in the final minute as freshman Mia Mc Lean Mercier lofted a beautiful pass to sophomore Maya Justice who used her speed to put the ball in the back of the net for the third goal of the game Kent State.

Both teams were able to put up six shots on goal while the Flashes outshot the Vikings overall by a count of 14-10. Kent State also tallied 11 corner kicks while holding CSU to just three.

Goalkeepers Emma Klein and Leah Shaffer split time in net today with 45 minutes each. Klein was able to tally up five saves while Shaffer also produced a save.

Up Next

The Golden Flashes will now turn their attention to a Southeastern Conference opponent in Kentucky who earned their first win of the season on Wednesday against Detroit Mercy by a score of 6-0. First kick is set for 1 P.M. on Sunday in Lexington.

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