DETROIT (11/1/2019) -- The University of Detroit Mercy women's soccer team honored its three seniors with a high-intensity effort on defense and some great scoring opportunities on offense, but the game was unkind as the Titans fell, 2-0, to NKU on Friday night.

The game marked the last for the three-member senior class in Casey Couturier, Amanda Emke and Megan Pace, who were all honored prior to the start of the contest.

Detroit Mercy (2-13-2, 0-8-1 HL) and NKU (8-8-0, 5-4-0 HL) were even early on as the defense on both sides was dictating play. The Norse eventually scored in the 82nd minute and added a second off a penalty kick in the 83rd minute.

The Titans outshot NKU, 10-3, in the second half with five of those shots on net, but were just not able to beat the keeper as their season came to an end.

Sophomore Cece Muskovac made one save and the Titan backline came up with two saves off blocked shots to keep the game close. Sophomore Hailey Wentzloff led the team with three shots and junior Rachel Russo and sophomore Nasreen Kobeissi had two apiece.

First Period:

• The Titan backline played some great defense coming up with three blocks and defending a corner kick opportunity in the 18th and 20th minute
• The Norse came back with three more shots in the 29th and 30th minute with the Titans also coming away with a block
• Sophomore Julie Ann Piechocki had a shot stopped at 34:06
• The Titans had a corner kick in the 41st minute that did not result in a shot and in the 44th minute, NKU had one that saw a team save by Detroit Mercy

Second Period:

• Wentzloff had a couple of good looks as a shot went high at 52:50 and another saved at 56:53 and 62:14
• Kobeissi booted a ball that hit the crossbar at 72:12 and junior Hannah Alexis sent one high at 72:28
• Detroit Mercy had a corner kick after that with junior Olivia Parra's header saved at 73:30 and then Russo's header stopped just 10 seconds later
• Kobeissi had a shot blocked at 75:25
• Russo had another good look on net denied off a header at 78:30
• NKU scored at 81:31 and added another just a little less than two minutes later off a penalty kick
• Muskovac came up with a huge save at 88:31 as she laid out to stop a fastbreak, getting injured and leaving the game in the process

Game Notes:

• Detroit Mercy is now 0-6-1 all-time against NKU and the Norse are 4-0 in the Motor City
• Earlier in the day, junior Olivia Elby was honored on the Horizon League All-Academic Team
• Sophomore Carlie Castiglione made her collegiate debut at goalkeeper late in the game
• The Titans used four goalies in a season for the first time in school history