MIDLAND, Mich. (10/9/2018) -- Freshman Nasreen Kobeissi and senior Carly Fiorido provided the offense and senior Marina Manzo made four stops on defense as the University of Detroit Mercy women's soccer team blanked Northwood on the road, 2-0, on Tuesday evening.

The goal was the first in Kobeissi's collegiate career, while Fiorido notched her fourth of the season. 

Fiorido also added an assist in the match as she set up Kobeissi's marker in the 12th minute to give the Titans a 1-0 lead at the break. A little more than 10 minutes into the second half, she did it all herself raising her career high to four goals beating the keeper in the 56th minute.

Detroit Mercy (4-7-3) saw Northwood (2-9-1) post a 12-9 shot advantage, but Manzo came up with four saves to raise her career single-season mark to 90. The Titans also held a significant advantage in corner kicks at 6-1. 

Detroit Mercy will now end the year with four-straight conference matches starting with a trip to Green Bay on Saturday. 

First Half:

• The Titans had an early look as Fiorido's shot was saved at 2:24, which led to a corner kick as well
• Detroit Mercy had two more corner kicks in the next eight minutes and came away with one shot as sophomore Rachel Russo's header was high at 11:10
• Detroit Mercy got the ball right back and Fiorido sent a through ball to the right and Kobeissi put it in the back post
• Manzo made back-to-back saves to keep Northwood off the scoreboard at 19:29 and 19:42
• The Titan attack saw them put three shots on frame with 15 minutes to go, but two were saves and another was blocked by the defense

Second Half:

• Northwood had a shot a little more than a minute in, but Manzo turned that away
• Detroit Mercy had a corner kick opportunity at 52:21 and just two minutes later, Fiorido took a pass from Russo and blasted a ball that beat the keeper for a 2-0 lead
• Manzo came up with her fourth save at 59:45
• Senior Chloe Ricciardi fired a shot that was saved at 70:25 and again at 84:03

Game Notes:

• The Titans are now 2-0 all-time against Northwood and 23-1 all-time against non-Division I teams with its lone blemish at Lynn in 1998.
• Fiorido's first-ever goal was against Northwood in 2016
• Kobeissi's other point on the season was an assist on Julie Ann Piechocki's game-winning goal at Toledo
• Manzo now has a career-high 90 saves on the season, surpassing the 86 she had last year, and is 11th in school history on the single-season list, just three shy of Alisson Dube's 93 in 2002 and four away from her 94 in 2001

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