DAYTON – The University of Dayton women's soccer team suffered a 2-0 loss to Xavier Thursday night at Baujan Field to close out non-conference play.Â
Dayton falls to 4-3-1, while the Musketeers are now 5-4-0. Â
KEY STATS
• The shots were fairly even with Xavier holding a 14-12 advantage, but the Musketeers had nine on goal, to just two on goal by the Flyers. Xavier had 10 fouls, while Dayton had eight.Â
• The Flyers dominated on corner kicks, 7-3.Â
• The Flyers started three freshmen in the match.Â
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Kaelyn Johns had seven saves in goal for the Flyers.
KEY MOMENTS
• Xavier scored early in the second half. Samantha Dewey scored her team-leading third goal of the season on a pass from Sydney Schembri. Dewey shot from the top of the box across the goal in the 49th minute.Â
• The Flyers scored their third own goal of the season with just three seconds left in regulation to give the Musketeers the 2-0 edge very late in the match.
UP NEXT
• The Flyers start Atlantic 10 Conference play on the road at George Mason on Thursday, Sept. 20 at 7 p.m.Â
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