Boyd Pushes Women's Soccer To First GMAC Win, Beating Cedarville 2-0

OVERVIEW – CEDARVILLE

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 2, Cedarville Yellow Jackets 0

RECORDS: Northwood (2-1-2, 1-0-1), Cedarville (3-2-1, 2-1-0)

LOCATION: Yellow Jacket Field – Cedarville, Ohio

RECAP: The Northwood women's soccer team won their first Great Midwest Athletic Conference game at Cedarville Wednesday (September 14). Carly Boyd led the Timberwolves scoring a brace to beat the Jackets.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

• A cheeky shot by Boyd in the 58' assisted by Katie Foster saw the ball go over Cedarville's goalkeeper's mitts as she checked across the goal, 1-0.
• Carly's offensive day wouldn't end there, two minutes later the 61' Boyd would tack on another as she took the assist from Brooke Honeycutt, and knocked it into the back of Cedarville's net, 2-0 NU.
• Andrea Everett played a stellar goalkeeper earning seven saves and staving off CU's late-game offense.
• Northwood's defense would hold for the final 29 minutes to defeat the Yellow Jackets 2-0.

GAME STATS

• Shots: Northwood 12, Cedarville 17
• Saves: Northwood 7 (Andrea Everett), Cedarville 2 (Brooke Ackley)
• Corners: Northwood 6, Cedarville 5

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Boyd: 2 Goals (2)
• Honeycutt: Assist
• Foster: Assist

UP NEXT

• Northwood is set for their home opener versus Ohio Dominican this Saturday (September 17) at 2:30 PM. That game will follow the men's soccer NU versus ODU game at noon.