KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chicago State women's soccer team fell, 1-0, to the University of Missouri Kansas City on Friday night.
"This was such a fun game for us with an unfortunate result," head coach Aulani Fernandez said. "The creativity in the final third was impressive. I'm proud of our team, and we'll be ready to step on the field again on Sunday."
Led by goalkeeper Alexa Seiler, who tallied four saves on the night, the Cougars and Roos played to a 0-0 tie through 45 minutes.
Chicago State controlled much of the possession early in the second half before UMKC's Lily Stedman broke through for a score in the 75th minute on a shot assisted by Olivia Platt and Holland Hawkins.
The Roos held on for the 1-0 win, with goalkeeper Riley Moore securing the shutout.
The Cougars return to action Sunday at 1:00 p.m. for a Senior Day battle against Northern Illinois. The match will take place at Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy in Chicago.
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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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