CHICAGO — The Chicago State women's soccer team faced off against the Northern Illinois Huskies on Sunday afternoon for senior day and suffered a 2-0 loss.
In the first half, the Cougars pressed the Huskies into their own half and produced several golden opportunities, mostly keeping possession but failing to score.
With an opening in the 7th minute, the Huskies dispossessed the Cougars on one of their attacks and, off a rebound, Claudia Muessig fired in a left-footed score to make it 1-0 Huskies.
The rest of the half, the Cougars continued their high press but were unsuccessful as halftime ensued with the Huskies still up 1-0.
In the second half, NIU's Abby McHugh was whistled for a red card at the 60th minute, giving Chicago State a one-player advantage. But the Huskies still held firm, controlling possession and scoring in the 66th minute on a penalty kick goal by Aubrey Robertson.
The Huskies played keep away and held on for a 2-0 win to improve to 3-2-2. The loss marks the end of Chicago State's home slate for 2022.
The Cougars return to action on Friday night at 7:00 p.m. at Alcorn State.
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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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