Senior Jess Gast notches a goal as Women's Soccer falls at No. 5 Christopher Newport (Va.)

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Senior Jess Gast (Perrysburg) scored in the 69th minute to lead the Ohio Northern women's soccer team in a 3-1 loss at No. 5-ranked Christopher Newport (Pa.) on Sunday.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (2-1-0 overall), #5 Christopher Newport (Va.) (3-0-1 overall).
• Venue: Captains Field - Newport News, Va.

The Match

• Gast scored the Polar Bears' only goal at the 68:39 mark of the contest.
• The match was scoreless for the first 54 minutes until a flurry of four goals were scored in a 15-minute span.
• CNU scored at the 54:32 mark to go up 1-0 and extended the lead to 2-0 with another goal 7:55 later.
• Gast made it 2-1 just 6:12 later.
• The Captains got an insurance goal just 54 seconds later to make it 3-1.
• Christopher Newport out-shot Ohio Northern 18-3 and had a 5-2 edge in corner kicks.

Notables

• Gast's goal was her first of the season and the second of her 59-match career.
• CNU is now 2-0 in the series with ONU.
• This match was the second of a two-match road trip to the atlantic coast, as Northern defeated No. 12 Virginia Wesleyan 1-0 on Friday.
• This is the 37th season of Ohio Northern women's soccer. The Polar Bears are now 431-214-56 all-time in program history.
• Second-year head coach Ben Tierney is now 12-10-1 at Ohio Northern.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action Wednesday at 4:30 pm at home against Trine (Ind.)