Women's Soccer Plays Detroit Mercy To 2-2 Draw In Exhibition Contest

OVERVIEW – DETROIT MERCY

SCORE:  Northwood Timberwolves 2, Detroit Mercy Titans 2 (2 OT)

RECORDS: Detroit Mercy 0-0-1, Northwood 0-0

LOCATION: Titan Field – Detroit, Mich.

RECAP: Northwood played Detroit to a 2-2 draw in the exhibition opener for the Timberwolves Thursday afternoon (August 22).

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

• Northwood got on the board first in the 10th minute. Taking a rebound that went off the post, Juliana Paoletti scored to give the Timberwolves a 1-0 lead.
• The Timberwolves made it 2-0 in the 40th minute. Sophomore Riley Rajewski took a feed from Jillian Hon and scored from just outside the area.
• Detroit got going in the second half. The Titans scored at 60:23 and 77:44 to tie the game.
• Neither team put together many chances in the two overtime periods – NU had one shot while UD had three attempts in the 20 extra minutes of play.

GAME STATS

• Shots: Northwood 7, Detroit Mercy 20
• Saves: Northwood 11 (Bridget Adams 2/Andrea Everett 9), Detroit Mercy 1 (Joslin Cassidy 2)
• Corner Kicks: Northwood 0, Detroit Mercy 12

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Paoletti/Rajewski: Goal Each
• Hon: Assist

GAME NOTES

• The game was an exhibition game for Northwood but a regular season game for Detroit.
• Detroit had already played a pair of exhibition games prior to today's game. Northwood had its first official practice of the year Monday.

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves will open their season with a game at Tiffin September 6 at 2 p.m.