FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (9/3/2017) -- The University of Detroit Mercy women's soccer team held the Antelopes of Grand Canyon off the scoreboard in the first half, but an early second-half marker was the only goal as the Titans fell, 1-0, on Sunday.
The game was the final for the Titans at the NAU Mountain Classic, hosted by Northern Arizona at Lumberjack Stadium.
The contest was deadlocked at 0-0 halfway through, but Grand Canyon (3-3) found the net early in the second half.Â
Senior
Rachel DeLuca led the Detroit Mercy (2-3-1) offense with three shots – two on goal - while junior
Marina Manzo posted six saves.Â
Detroit Mercy will be back in action this week as the Titans host Bowling Green on Wednesday at 3 p.m., before traveling to Central Michigan on Sunday.Â
First Half
- It was a close contest in the first 45 minutes as neither team had a lot of great looks on net.Â
- Grand Canyon held a 7-3 shot margin with each goalie coming up with a couple of saves.Â
- Manzo had a stop at the 5:15 and 17:29 mark.
- On offense, DeLuca had a shot that was blocked at 12:53 and then had a decent look late in the first half that was saved.
Second Half
- Grand Canyon took the lead scoring off a breakaway a little more than three minutes into the stanza.Â
- A few minutes later, senior Suzie Redick came up firing, but that was turned away by the GCU keeper.Â
- Manzo had two saves in a three-minute span between 68:56 and 71:24 and then DeLuca had a chance to tie it up, but Grand Canyon was able to come up with a save at 73:29.
Notes
- This was the first-ever meeting between the two schools.
- The Titans opened the event with a tough 1-0 setback to host NAU on Friday.
- DeLuca leads the team with 18 shots through six games and is well on pace to past her 27 shots a year ago.Â
- Manzo now has 213 career saves.Â
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