Women's Soccer Earns 3-1 Win Against Alcorn State

LORMAN, MS - The Chicago State women's soccer faced off against the Alcorn State Braves and won 3-1, their second win of the season.

"This result was a combination of discipline, passion and a bunch of team effort," head coach Aulani Fernandez said. "It was great to find the back of the net again, and to have three goals scored by three different players speaks volumes about the hard work this team has put in to creating and committing to our attack. I'm super proud of us."
 

In the first half, the Cougars started off with brilliant offense as they possessed the ball and built up passing plays.

Eventually, the Cougars broke through with a beautiful goal from Giselle Sahagun after an outstanding build-up play.

The Cougars continued to attack, but the Braves' defense held up, and the game remained 1-0 at halftime.

To start the second half, the Braves evened it up, as in just mere seconds they fired in a goal to tie it up 1-1.

Nonetheless, the Cougars did not back down and, after another beautiful build-up play, they earned a penalty kick after a foul from the Braves.

Chicago State then sent on Daliisha Spence to take the kick as she easily converted to gift the Cougars a 2-1 lead with thirty minutes to go.

The Braves then ramped up the attack, but their charge turned into a counterattack for the Cougars, in which Mary Perez fired in another goal, which gave Chicago State a comfortable lead at 3-1 which was the eventual final score.

The Cougars next face Mississippi Valley State University on Sunday in Itta Bena, MS.

About Chicago State
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 transitioningm 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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