TIFFIN, Ohio — The Lake Erie College women's soccer team held a one-goal advantage for nearly 70 minutes on Saturday afternoon, but a pair of late Tiffin goals lifted the Dragons to a 2-1 victory at the Paradiso Athletic Complex. The loss moves Lake Erie to 3-6-3 overall and 2-5-1 in G-MAC play.
Lake Erie came out aggressively and generated several early opportunities. The Storm earned two corner kicks in the opening 11 minutes and broke through in the 11th minute.
Isabella Carvalho set up
Natalee Back, who found the back of the net off a header at the 10:45 mark to give Lake Erie an early 1-0 lead.
The Storm continued to control much of the opening half, outshooting Tiffin 6-5 while carrying the 1-0 advantage into halftime. Goalkeeper
Morgan VanMeter made a first-half save to help preserve the lead.
Tiffin increased the pressure after the break, but Lake Erie nearly doubled its advantage.
Carvalho recorded a pair of shots early in the second half, including an attempt in the 60th minute that struck the right post.
The Dragons eventually found the equalizer in the 81st minute when Callie Chevrette scored to make it 1-1. Tiffin continued pushing forward and, with just 1:25 remaining in regulation, Taylor Iden scored off an assist from Maddie Davis to give the Dragons their first lead of the afternoon and ultimately the 2-1 victory.
Tiffin finished with a 17-8 advantage in shots and a 6-1 edge in shots on goal.
Carvalho led Lake Erie with three shots and added the assist on
Back's goal, while
Back recorded the Storm's lone shot on goal.
VanMeter finished the afternoon with four saves in the full 90 minutes.
Lake Erie will look to bounce back in its next G-MAC matchup on Thursday October 8th as they face the Cedarville Yellow Jackets at home at 7:30pm.
