Soccer Makes It Two Straight

Sunday, September 8

Mount Pleasant, Mich.

1 p.m.

Central Michigan University

2-0-2

IUPUI

3-2-1

IUPUI

Central Michigan

Photo by: Benjamin Suddendorf

9/8/2019 4:50:00 PM | Soccer

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Chippewas celebrate Senior Day with 2-1 victory over IUPUI

By: Nick Vuylsteke, CMUChippewas.com

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. -- A second-half goal by Alina Miagkova propelled the Central Michigan soccer team to a 2-1 victory over IUPUI on Senior Day on Sunday at the CMU Soccer/Lacrosse Complex.

It was the second straight win for CMU, which improved to 2-0-2. IUPUI is 3-2-1. The Chippewas defeated Indiana State, 2-1, on Friday.

"(This was) kind of a typical Sunday afternoon game after you play on Friday," first-year CMU coach Jeremy Groves said. "Maybe not an aesthetically pleasing game on the eyes, but we did our job, we got the win, and we move on to be an undefeated 2-0-2 team."

Prior to the game, Chippewa seniors Marle Bringard, Zoie Reed, Ally Viazanko and Taylor Zimmerman were honored.

"That's the only thing that matters on Senior Day," Grove said of the victory. "It's not about balloons, streamers, and all the other stuff that sometimes gets put into Senior Day. It's about sending them off in the right way. That's what we talked about all week and emotionally how they were going to handle it. The best way you can send off seniors on Senior Day is by winning the game."

How It Happened
Redshirt junior Devyn Brough gave the Chippewas a 1-0 lead with a goal on a penalty kick in the 32^nd minute. Marle Bringard was tripped by a defender in the box, setting up the PK.

IUPUI tied it with a goal at the 55-minute mark. Bringard found Miagkova for a goal in the 60^th minute to put CMU back in front, 2-1.

Miagkova, a junior from Lipetsk, Russia in her first year of collegiate soccer, scored her first goal in Friday's win.

"I was very happy that I scored my second goal in two straight games," Miagkova said. "(It was) a good assist from Bringard."

CMU finished with 16 shots, six of them on goal. IUPUI had nine shots, six of them on goal. Bringard and Miagkova led CMU with four shots each.

CMU goalkeeper Zoie Reed had five saves.

"For three quarters of the game, we pushed a lot of numbers upfield and created opportunities," Groves said. "We just maybe didn't get the end product with a service or a shot on goal, which is more important. We created chances, and over the past two games we had 30-something shots."

Good Numbers
The Chippewas outshot their two weekend opponents, 41-13, and finished with a combined 17-8 edge in shots on goal.

The 25 shots that CMU registered in Friday's win over Indiana State are the most by a MAC team this season.

Next
The Chippewas will take the next week off and will travel to Lexington, Ky. to take on Kentucky in a nonconference game on Sunday, Sept. 22 (2 p.m.). It is the Chippewas' final nonleaguer of the season. Their Mid-American Conference opener is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 27, at Ball State.