Nicolette Vultaggio and Nicole Henning hug after Vultaggio scores GW goal vs SHU in WHAC Semifinal
0
Siena Heights SHU (13-6-0)
2
Winner Madonna MUWS (13-4-2)
Siena Heights SHU
(13-6-0)
0
Final
2
Madonna MUWS
(13-4-2)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Siena Heights SHU 0 0 0
Madonna MUWS 1 1 2

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | | Zachary Shore

@MUCrusadersWSOC advances to WHAC Semis for sixth straight season

LIVONIA, Mich.-  On a cool, overcast day, it was the Madonna University women's soccer team that electrified the Halloween crowd with a 2-0 victory over Siena Heights in the first round of the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference tournament at the Madonna Athletics Complex on Wednesday afternoon. The fourth-seeded Crusaders improve to 13-4-2 on the season and advance to the WHAC semifinals for the sixth straight season. MU will face UNOH on Saturday while the Saints season ends with a 13-6-0 record.

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • It didn't take long for the Crusaders to gain the upper hand as Nicolette Vultaggio found the back of the next in the fourth minute. Sierra Nissan won the ball at midfield and played Vultaggio past the defense and she was able to slip the ball past a diving goalkeeper for the 1-0 lead.

  • Not to be outdone, Jamie Moceri tied Vultaggio for the team lead with her 10th goal in the 52nd minute. Megan Verant played a ball over top of the defense and Moceri ran onto the ball on the far side and beat the keeper far post to put MU up 2-0.

  • The Saints had two very clean looks in the contest, but MU goalkeeper Julia Stewart was up to the task each time as she thwarted a pair of 1-v-1 situations to record her 13th shutout of the season.

INSIDE THE BOX

  • Madonna outshot Siena Heights 14-4 with a 5-4 edge in shots on frame

  • Julia Henning led the Crusaders with four shots, one on frame while Verant had three attempts and put one on goal

  • Cristina Moraccini had two shots while Alexis Bozinovski, Vultaggio and Moceri attempted one shot each

  • Madonna improves to 7-3 in WHAC First Round contests since the conference went to an 8-team conference tournament in 2010.

  • Madonna is now 20-23-2 all-time against the Saints and have won the past two meetings

MILESTONES TO WATCH

  • Stewart (31) is two shutouts shy of Jennifer Barker's (1998-01) 33

  • Stewart extended her single-season saves record to 13

  • The Crusaders are one shutout shy of the program's single-season record of 14 in 2000

UP NEXT

  • The Blue and Gold travel to Lima, Ohio to face Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference top seed and 14th-ranked University of Northwestern Ohio in the conference semifinals on Saturday, Nov. 3 at 12 p.m.

  • The winner will face the winner of the other semifinal on Saturday, Nov. 10 with a time to be determined.

  • Live coverage links, if available, will be posted at www.mucrusaders.com/live.

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