Central Michigan University Athletics
CMU Soccer Falls, 1-0, at Creighton
8/30/2015 12:00:00 AM | Soccer
Andy Sneddon, CMUChippewas.com
OMAHA, Neb. - Victory was elusive.
Optimism, however, was not.
The Central Michigan women's soccer team dropped a 1-0 decision to Creighton in the Bluejays' Morrison Stadium on Sunday, two days after CMU fell, 4-3, in double-overtime at Nebraska.
Against the Cornhuskers, the Chippewas (0-2-1) overcame a three-goal deficit in the final 14-plus minutes to send it to extra time.
The lone tally in Sunday's match was an own-goal.
"You don't do what we did on Friday night by luck," said CMU coach Peter McGahey, whose team plays a non-leaguer at Youngstown State on Friday, Sept. 4. "And I think you don't continue to respond on Sunday and continue to be the more aggressive team in that match …
"You can take that away from (Sunday) and some really good times together as a team and put it in perspective and say 'Let's move forward and build from it.'
"Certainly more positives for me than negatives."
The Bluejays' goal came with less than a minute remaining in the first half. That it was an own-goal and that it came just before the intermission were two factors that could have had a devastating emotional effect on the Chippewas, McGahey said.
"It sort of takes the air out of your sails going in to halftime," he said. "But we continued to create chances in the second half. KK (Kaelyn Korte) rattled the crossbar. Some days you create chances and they just don't go in, and I think that's a little bit of the day today.
"We had a good start. Couldn't seem to put it away."
The Chippewas outshot Crieghton (3-1-0), 16-14, and CMU had five corner kicks to the Bluejays' three. It marked the first time this season that CMU has held the edge in either statistical category.
CMU goalkeeper Zoie Reed made fives.
"I love the team, the tenacity, the character, the balance," McGahey said. "Just a matter of plugging away and I believe the results are going to come."
