‘Roos Settle for Tie with ORU
August 19, 2012
<p>(Kansas City, Mo.) – <span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Sunday afternoon, the UMKC women’s soccer team (0-1-1) battled all the </span>way to end and settled for a scoreless tie in its home opener with the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (0-1-1).</p>
<p align="LEFT">For Kansas City, freshman keeper Nina Tzianos got her first career start in the net as she tallied six saves.</p>
<p align="LEFT">Offensively, midfielder Ashley Gann was aggressive throughout Sunday’s contest tallying eight shots, including two on-goal. In the second overtime during the 106th minute, the Lee’s Summit, Mo. native found herself deep in Golden Eagle territory and fired a shot just high of the net.</p>
<p align="LEFT">About three minutes later with time running down, Oral Roberts were in position to score with two corner kicks. But, the Kangaroo defense held strong, including a save by Tzianos in the 109th minute to keep the game scoreless.</p>
<p align="LEFT">“Overall, I was pleased with our effort today,” said head coach Chris Cissell. “We wanted to come away with the win, but I like they way we’re progressing this early in the season.”</p>
<p align="LEFT">Coming up, the Blue & Gold will travel in-state to face Southeast Missouri this Friday at 6:30 p.m.</p>
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