Senior defender Kat Tsarouhas of Case Western Reserve University women's soccer team scored in the 80th minute to provide the Spartans with a 1-0 win over Heidelberg University on Tuesday night at DiSanto Field in Cleveland.

The Spartans ended non-conference play with a record of 6-3-1, while the Student Princes fell to 3-6-0.

Stats and Standouts

• Tsarouhas scored her first goal of the season and just the second of her career
• All of her three team-leading shots were on goal
• She also played all 90 minutes of the game along with sophomore Mia Modrovich
• Graduate student Sophie Berman, senior Kaylee Bannack, and junior Emi Kenney each added two shots
• Junior goalkeeper Ellie Palaian saved two shots to record her second shutout of the campaign

First Half

• The Spartans threatened early, putting up two shots and a corner kick in the first five minutes of play
• Heidelberg made its first attempt of the contest in the 19th minute, which Palaian saved
• In the 33rd minute, Kenney had her first career shot saved
• Palaian made an impressive diving save just a few minutes later, keeping the game scoreless
• Junior Taylor Brackett nearly broke the deadlock in the 40th minute, shooting the ball from about 30 yards out that required a fingertip save

Second Half

• CWRU maintained strong possession early in the second period, putting two shots on goal in the first 10 minutes of play after the break
• Heidelberg earned a corner kick and had a shot blocked
• The Spartans responded with a corner kick a few minutes later, resulting in a blocked shot by junior Kinzly Gootman and a saved shot by Tsarouhas
• Olivia McCluskey of Heidelberg hit the top post with a shot off a free kick in the 68th minute, nearly giving the visitors the lead midway through the stanza
• The hosts had a corner kick in the 79th minute which set up Tsarouhas's goal
• Junior Ashley Liang sent a cross in front of the net, which first-year Rachel Mathew headed toward the goal
• The ball hit the top post, ricocheted off a few players, and found the foot of the senior defender
• Tsarouhas fired an arcing left-footed strike from nearly 35 yards away, finding the back of the net to put the Spartans ahead with 10:25 remaining
• The Student Princes had one final attempt off a corner kick in the final four minutes of play but could not find the equalizer

Spartan Notes

• The Spartans improved to 7-0-1 against the Student Princes in the all-time series, which dates back to 1989
• Kenney made her collegiate debut in the game
• CWRU had a 15-5 edge in shots, 10-2 advantage in shots on goal, and 5-3 lead in corner kicks
• Case Western Reserve played at home for the first time in 17 days
• The goal was the third latest in a game this season for the Spartans
• CWRU recorded its second shutout in the last three games

Up Next

The Spartans will begin their University Athletic Association schedule with a trip to Rochester, New York, to face 10th-ranked Rochester on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.