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Discuss “Women’s soccer falls short at home”

The Carnegie Mellon women’s soccer team hosted the College of Wooster Fighting Scots at Gesling Stadium last Friday. The match resulted in a 2–1 defeat in overtime giving the Tartans a 2–3 record overall.

Carnegie Mellon came into the match confident. However, Wooster put the Tartans under heavy offensive pressure from the beginning. Wooster defender Angela Evans set up a free kick and rifled a shot past Carnegie Mellon junior goalkeeper Christie Adams. This early goal put Wooster up in the fourth minute of play.

The Tartans struggled to stay in the game mentally, and were unable to gain composure in their attacking third. The team had several scoring opportunities, but did not monopolize on its chances to get past Wooster goalkeeper...

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