Detroit Mercy Earns Draw At IUPUI
DETROIT (2/22/2018) -- Senior Marina Manzo tied her season high with 11 saves as the University of Detroit Mercy women's soccer team went on the road and picked up a crucial point in league play with a 0-0 draw at IUPUI on Saturday afternoon.
Manzo made five saves in the first half to keep the IUPUI (2-6-3, 0-1-1 HL) offense down and then made a pair of critical stops in each overtime to prevent the Jaguars from taking the contest.
With the 11 saves, she passed Prairie View's Quinn Josiah for the current leader in the nation with 78 total stops on the season.
Detroit Mercy (3-4-3, 0-1-1 HL) had 11 shots in the contest with two apiece by senior Carly Fiorido, sophomore Rachel Russo and freshman Julie Ann Piechocki.
The Titans will return to action on Wednesday, Sept. 26, when they host #MetroSeries-rival Oakland at home with kick-off slated for 3 p.m.
First Half
- Manzo had to make three saves in the first 13 minutes as IUPUI had a couple of good offensive looks
- The Titans started to put some pressure on in the 33rd minute as freshman Nasreen Kobeissi had a shot blocked and a couple of minutes later, Fiorido had a shot wide and turned away
- Manzo made her fourth save in the 39th minute, and that led to an offensive possession and junior Megan Pace's attempt that was saved
Second Half
- Russo had a look, but her shot went wide left in the 69th minute
- Piechocki then had a great chance, but her attempt at 69:21 was saved
- Manzo turned away an IUPUI shot at 76:42 and then Piechocki let one fly high at 77:28
First Overtime
- The Jaguars made a quick move to try and score as Manzo had to make a save just 25 seconds into the extra session
- She also made a save in the 97th minute
Second Overtime
- IUPUI had a couple of shots that went wide and were blocked by the Titan defense
- Manzo had to come up with a save at 108:44 and then again at 109:21 to keep the game scoreless
- The Jaguars had one final attempt to win the game with a corner kick with 30 seconds left, but Manzo was able to intercept the ball in the air
Game Notes
- Detroit Mercy is now 6-4-3 all-time against IUPUI and 2-2-2 on the road
- The Titans have now played in five overtime games this season, all in their last six games
- Manzo now has four double-digit save performances on the year, which included 11 her last time out against Madonna
- The 11 saves were the second most in her career in conference play trailing only her career high of 13 at Green Bay as a freshman
- Russo came into the game with just two shots on the season
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