Box Score ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Chicago State women's soccer team took on the University of St. Thomas Tommies Saturday afternoon, suffering a 1-0 defeat.
"I'm extremely proud of the resilience our team displayed throughout the entire game," head coach Aulani Fernandez said. "Despite the score, this was the best soccer our team has played this season. We're going to ride this wave of momentum and inspiration and prepare to step back on the field on Monday."
To begin the first half, The Cougars were continually pressed by the Tommies however defended brilliantly for majority of the half. This constant offense led to Alexa Seiler recording three astonishing saves.
Nonetheless, with just three minutes left in the first, the Tommies found the back of the net and now led 1-0 heading into halftime.
To start the second half, the Cougars attacked various times however faced difficulty in getting any shots on goal.
Ultimately, both teams defended very well which led to the score remaining 1-0 with the Tommies taking the victory after a full 90 minutes.
The Cougars next face North Dakota State University in St. Paul at 1:30 p.m.
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Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. In 1991, the Chicago State women's tennis team became the first all-black college team to amass an unbeaten season at the NCAA level. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title, also making an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet. Chicago State volleyball recorded a historic season in 2021, with Yanlis Feliz becoming CSU's first volleyball All-American and head coach Tony Trifonov earning selection as WAC Coach of the Year. During that same season, three different CSU teams earned victories over Big Ten opponents with men's soccer beating Northwestern, women's basketball upending Wisconsin and volleyball, which established a school record 17 wins and hosted a post-season volleyball tournament for the first time in program history, swept Indiana in Bloomington.
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