FOUR UNANSWERED SCORES TOPPLES No. 23 TROLLS

PALOS HEIGHTS, Ill. – Olivet Nazarene University women's soccer team overcame a two-goal deficit in the first half to upset the No. 23 Trinity Christian Trolls 4-3 on the road Wednesday evening. The Tigers scored four unanswered goals and held off the Trolls' late comeback run to improve to 4-4-1 on the season, remaining undefeated in conference play, and handing Trinity Christian their first loss of the year.

Trinity Christian started the match looking dangerous on the attack. They attempted and landed the first three shots of the contest on frame forcing Samantha Tuuk into the action early. Their pressure paid off as The Trolls' Kara Amidon took a half-chance volley and looped it over the head of the Tiger netminder to open the scoring in the 25^th minute. Trinity doubled their advantage 11 minutes later with a goal credited to Mia Salas. When it appeared TCC held all the momentum, Marissa Anderson snatch a goal against the run of play by way of Abbey Cash's corner kick to cut the lead in half six minutes before halftime.

Halftime: No. 23 Trinity Christian 2, Olivet Nazarene 1   

Anderson's first-half spark was enough to jumpstart the Tiger offense. Olivet came out of the intermission and put three consecutive scores past Trinity. Kaylee Evers tied up the match in the 59^th minute assisted by Katie Knutte, followed by Annabel Murley's goal, assisted by Teagon Albert, eight minutes later to take their first lead of the game. The Trolls had late opportunities for an equalizer, but the Tigers broke out on a counter-attack culminating in Keeley Francis finding Knutte at the far post for the final touch to extend the lead to two at the 88:23 mark. When the match seemed to be in hand, Trinity Christian gave it one last go and scored 40 seconds later to bring it back to a one-goal contest. A few nervy final seconds were played out before the final whistle was blown.

GAME VITALS

Final: Olivet Nazarene 4, No. 23 Trinity Christian 3

Records: Olivet Nazarene 4-4-1 (CCAC, 4-0) | Trinity Christian 7-1-0 (CCAC, 3-1)

Location: Schaaf Athletic Complex | Trinity Christian College | Palos Heights, Ill.

QUICK HITS

• Kaylee Evers scored her first career goal.
• Samantha Tuuk made a season-high 10 saves.
• Annabel Murley has now scored in consecutive matches and recorded a least a point in each of her last three.
• Katie Knutte tallied her fourth goal and fourth assist of the campaign.
• Abbey Cash extends her point streak to four games.
• Keeley Francis doled out her first career assist.

WHAT'S NEXT?

The Tigers return home to play hosts to Judson University Tuesday, Sep. 28 at 7 p.m. Please visit onutigers.com for the most updated live links.

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*Contact: Patrick Kaindl, Sports Information Graduate Assistant, pkaindl@olivet.edu