Women's Soccer | September 28, 2018
Box Score TOLEDO, Ohio – The Western Michigan women's soccer improved to 3-0 in Mid-American Conference play after a five-goal thriller resulting in a 3-2 win at Toledo on Friday afternoon.
All five goals were scored in the second half, with WMU taking a 2-0 lead. The Rockets bounced back with two straight goals in the span of 3:23 to tie it up. The game-winner came off the head of Colleen McKay, heading in a cross from Morgan Otteson with just 5:25 left to go. Otteson recorded her first career assist on the game-winner.
McKay was joined by Grace Labadie and Bailey Korhorn as the goal scorers for the Broncos, while Roselyn Kyeame and Hannah Kahn also notched assists.
After a scoreless first half, in which WMU landed five shots on goal, the Broncos struck in the 52nd minute. Kahn set up Labadie and she slotted the ball into the left side of the net for her third goal of the season. Kahn also picked up her third assist of the season as WMU took a 1-0 lead.
The Broncos struck again in the 61st minute with Korhorn tallying her team-best fifth goal of the season. Kyeame found the sophomore forward and she fired it down the middle and into the net to give Western Michigan a 2-0 lead.
Toledo's furious comeback started with the first of two goals by Hannah Scafaria. Scafaria was set up by Alena Sidwell in the 77th minute to cut the lead in half, 2-1. She struck again in the 80th minute to tie it up at 2-2 with a shot from outside the box.
After McKay regained the lead the Broncos held strong to finish off Toledo.
Western Michigan hopes to continue its winning ways when it travels to Bowling Green on Sunday.
