Late Drama for Mavericks Ends with 2-1 Loss at Fort Wayne
Oct 11, 2015 | Women's Soccer
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Courtney Neville leveled the score early in the second half but it wasn't enough as the Fort Wayne Mastodons rallied with a goal in the final 10 minutes to steal a 2-1 decision over the Omaha women's soccer team on Sunday morning.
The loss drops the Mavericks to 4-8-2 overall and 1-3 in Summit League play. The Mastodons, unbeaten in their last six matches, improve to 4-8-2 overall and 2-0-1 in league play.
Omaha goalkeeper Katlyn Schochenmaier made three saves while Kiley Dunning made eight saves for Fort Wayne.
The Mavericks came out on the offensive to open the game. Neville got off a pair of shots in the first five minutes of the match to spark UNO.Â
Chelsi Rohloff took a pair of shots that forced Dunning to make a pair of saves in the 20th minute.
The Mastodons struck for the game's first goal in the 28th minute. Tessa Edwards' shot from 15-yards out beat Schochenmaier to give IPFW the lead, 1-0.  Gaby Romo was credited with the assist.
Omaha entered halftime trailing, 1-0, but held an 8-6 advantage in shots.
UNO struck for an early second half tally as Neville took a long cross from Emily Romero and blasted a shot just inside the right post to level the game in the 49th minute, 1-1.
Neville and Rohloff each had a pair of shots that were saved by Dunning midway through the second half. Hannah Wampler had an opening in the 75th minute, but Dunning again came up with a big save.
Fort Wayne regained the lead in the 80th minute. Kelsie Carlson played a ball into penalty area to Romo. Romo took a shot that deflected off a Maverick defender and past Schochenmaier into the goal.
The Mavericks feverishly tried to regain the lead, but the Mastodons withstood the late Omaha flurry to take the win.
Omaha held a 22-11 advantage in shots and a 9-3 lead in shots on goal. Neville and Rohloff each had a game high six shots. All six of Rohloff's were on goal, while Neville had two shots on goal. Booker added four shots (one of goal) and Wampler had three (one on goal).
Omaha returns to action next weekend with a pair of home Summit League matches. Western Illinois visits Omaha on Friday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. UNO welcomes South Dakota to Caniglia Field on Sunday, Oct. 18 at noon.
