CINCINNATI — Otterbein women's soccer traveled to Mount St. Joseph for a late-night road game, where sophomore Summer Patsko scored twice to lead the Cardinals to a 3-2 victory over the Panthers.

The Basics: 

• Records: Otterbein (3-0-0 overall), MSJ (0-2-0)
• Venue: Schueler Athletic Complex

The Match:

• Otterbein sets the tone early by taking two shots on goal within the first two minutes of the game.
• The Cardinals make an early impact by scoring just three minutes into the game. The sequence starts with a throw-in by Rae Ehrbar to Lauren Alley, who then passes it to Alyssa Lemos. Lemos quickly one touch returns the ball to Alley, who sends it into the goalie box. A Panther defender's attempt to clear the ball but sets the ball right in front of Cami McCulty to capitalize on the chance and score the opening goal.
• Patsko joins the match in the 30th minute and, less than a minute later, scores to give Otterbein a 2-0 lead. She receives a perfect pass from Lindsey Whitmore, but her initial shot is blocked. In mid-air after the block, Patsko manages to position herself to kick the ball into the net for the goal.
• Before the half ended, Patsko added another goal. Following a collision between two MSJ defenders, the ball was left loose near the three-yard line, and Patsko managed to slip it past the goalie, giving Otterbein a 3-0 lead.
• The Panthers scored with 44 seconds remaining in the half on a corner kick, bringing the score to 3-1
• In the second half, MSJ scored another goal when a Panther fired a shot from the 15-yard line into the top left corner, to limit the lead to one goal.
• Ella Schwertfager played all 90 minutes in goal for Otterbein and recorded three saves.

Notables:

• Head coach Brandon Koons, now in his 26th year at Otterbein, holds an all-time record of 341-102-42 with the Cardinals.
• Patsko scored her first goal of the season and her first collegiate goals.
• Whitmore records her second career assist.
• Alley notches her 10th career assist.
• McCulty tallies her third career goal.

Quotes:

• Sophomore Summer Patsko on her goals: "It feels great to win and keep our undefeated streak going. I'm glad I could contribute but without my teammates making the final perfect passes I couldn't have done it. The goals weren't pretty, but they were the result of hard work from everybody" 
• Head coach Brandon Koons on Patsko's second goal: "The quality and timing of their 2nd goal could have broken us, but I'm so happy it happened, because we got better over the next 35 minutes."
• Koons on the team's win: "Mount Saint Joseph is a good team. I didn't feel comfortable when we were up 3-0. We were happy and we earned the goals, but it didn't feel like 3-0. A win and improvement, it was a good night for sure."