Both the Holy Cross men’s and women’s soccer teams faced the Olivet Nazarene Tigers earlier this week, with the men’s team taking a close 2-1 hit against the Tigers while the women’s team pulled a 1-1 tie.
Starting early on to gain the lead over the Tigers, sophomore defender Abigail Fouts scored the first goal for the Holy Cross women’s team at the 2:24 time mark with an assist from freshman defender Avery Peters. The Tigers responded later in the first half with a goal of their own made by Alaina Bahr with an assist from Hailey King at the 39:52 time mark.
With no other goals made in the second half, the final score was tied at 1-1. Olivet Nazarene outshot the Saints 16-7 and also totaled more shots on goal (9-3).
The Saints women’s team now prepares to face off against St. Ambrose at home with kickoff set for Saturday at noon.
Meanwhile, after a hard-fought game, the Holy Cross College men’s soccer team took a 2-1 loss against Olivet Nazarene.
The Tigers started out early in the first half, making their first goal at the 5:22 time mark thanks to Mounir Azzam and an assist from Carter Beckman. The Tigers kept the momentum going as they made their second goal at the 20:18 time mark thanks to Nathan Schmidli and an assist from Azzam to put them up 2-0 over the Saints.
The Saints started to make a comeback heading into the second half of the game, making their first goal at the 52:56 time mark with the help of senior midfielder Isa Sayeed and an assist from senior forward Isaac Filippo. With this goal, the score was 2-1 in favor of the Tigers, but with the Saints unable to find the back of the net, the Tigers finished the game with a 2-1 win.
The Saints will play St. Ambrose at home at 2:30 p.m. Saturday shortly following the women’s game.
