Women's Soccer's Defense Stands Tall In 0-0 Draw At #7 Ashland

OVERVIEW – #7 ASHLAND

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 0, Ashland Eagles 0

RECORDS: Northwood (3-0-3, 1-0-1 G-MAC), Ashland (4-1-1, 2-0-1 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Ferguson, Field – Ashland, Ohio

RECAP: Women's soccer visited No. 7 Ashland for a much-anticipated rematch of last season's 2023 G-MAC Championship. The Timberwolves' defense stood tall, staving off Ashland's offensive threat for a 0-0 draw.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

• Northwood's defense played a clean first 45,' holding the seventh-ranked Eagles to a 0-0 tie at the half. Ashland led 4-2 in shots and 4-0 in corners.
• Defending for Northwood continued to be the name of the game in the second half. Ashland managed to earn nine corner opportunities in the second half, but that resulted in zero points.
• Northwood's best opportunity came off their only corner of the match. In the 87', Ashland's goalkeeper got just enough of Northwood's header to deflect it from the back post.
• Ashland's late free-kick with only seconds remaining was scored, but time had expired and was waved off. Northwood's defense stood tall as Lindsay Jacob recorded a season-best seven saves for the 0-0 draw.

GAME STATS

• Shots: Northwood 5 (2), Ashland 13 (7)
• Saves: Northwood 7 (Lindsay Jacob), Ashland 2 (Mackenzie Simon)
• Corners: Northwood 1, Ashland 13

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Jacob: 7 saves

UP NEXT

• Northwood visits Cedarville Saturday for the second game of its Ohio trip. The match is set for a 3:30 p.m. start at the Yellow Jacket Soccer Complex in Cedarville, Ohio.