MOON TOWNSHIP (9-30-23) - Junior
Ashley Bates posted her team-best third goal of the season off a corner kick feed from graduate student
Hailey Matthews as Detroit Mercy came up short with a 2-1 setback in #HLWSOC action against Robert Morris on Saturday afternoon at the North Athletic Complex. Senior
Jazmine Scott made a season-second-best six saves.
RMU (9-2-2, 3-2 HL) took a 1-0 lead just 10 minutes into the match.
Detroit Mercy (4-6-3, 2-3 HL) responded in the 32nd minute as Bates connected with the equalizer off a corner kick set piece from Matthews' second assist of the season.
The Colonials got the eventual game-winner in the 54th minute to take a 2-1 lead. The Titans put three more shots on goal the rest of the way but couldn't find the equalizer.
Detroit Mercy hosts Purdue Fort Wayne in a #HLWSOC match on Sunday, Oct. 8 at 3 p.m.