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Box Score 2 ALBION & ADRIAN, Michigan – Over the weekend, September 16-17
th, your Mount St. Joseph University Lions went to Michigan to take on Albion and Adrian College. The Lions fell short in a 1-0 loss against the Britons of Albion College Saturday, and they took a hard fought 3-0 loss to Adrian College on Sunday. Even though the Lions did not get any goals on the board over the weekend, there were many shots that found the back of the net from
Mary Anhofer and
Mary Litzinger against the Britons but were ultimately called offsides.
Saturday, against the Britons of Albion College, the Lions had the majority of possession with some great offensive pushes racking up 15 shots compared to Albion's 8 throughout the game.
Mary Anhofer was able to find the back of the net off of a beautiful corner kick from
Abby Cole in the first half, but it was unfortunately deemed offsides by the referee. Along with this,
Mary Litzinger also found the back of the net after the Lions picked the ball off of a Briton's pass at the 50-yard line and passed it to
Bailey Dotson who slotted a wonderful ball forward to
Mary Litzinger who hammered it in the back of the net. Once again, the referee called the play offsides, and the game ended in a 1-0 loss when the Britons hit a header into the goal off of a corner kick.
On Sunday, the Lions went on to play Adrian College which unfortunately ended in a 3-0 loss, but the Lions played some great soccer and had many awesome moments on the field. Mackenzie Schneeman almost hammered a free kick home, but it went just over the cross bar leaving everyone on the edge of their seat. Freshmen goalkeeper,
Megan Kallmeyer, also played the entirety of the game Sunday racking up some amazing saves. In the second half, Kallmeyer blocked a penalty kick in only her second match of the season showing some great goalkeeping skills.
UP NEXT: Your Mount St. Joseph Lions are back in action this week on Wednesday, September 20
th at Schueler Field at 7 pm taking on Wilmington College. The Lions beat Wilmington College 2-0 in 2021, and they lost 2-4 in 2022 in a hard-fought match. This week your Lions are looking to get another win on their record at home against the Quakers. Please continue to tune into msjlions.com for coverage of your MSJ Women's Soccer team and all other MSJ Athletics teams.
