
The score marked Swiger's team-leading fourth goal of the season.Īfter the half, the Huskies' attack tested Tekesky early with the ball inside the 18-yard box, but they couldn't manage to get a shot on goal as WVU's back line cleared it away. Swiger controlled the pass and sent a rocket to the far post, putting West Virginia up 2-0 at the half. After the back line fought off an NIU attack, the Mountaineers pressed into their final third, and junior forward Josh DiMatteo tapped a high cross toward Swiger who was just inside the right side of the box. WVU didn't waste much time in tallying another one, as Swiger found the back of the net in the 39th minute. De Vicente crossed the ball toward the middle of the box where Pineda squared it up and bounced it off the right post and into the net for his third goal of the season. Minutes later, McCormick dribbled into the box and sent a soft touch to freshman defender Jesus De Vicente as he ran up the left side. The two teams were quiet up to the halfway point of the first half, as sophomore midfielder Luke McCormick's shot at the 22:23 mark was the first shot on goal for either team. I would've taken any type of win, honestly, but the fact that we did it with a quality performance, particularly in the first half, is incredibly pleasing." There's some added pressure with where we've found ourselves so far in conference, so we knew we had to come here and win.
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We knew that nothing short of a win today would be good enough for us in the MAC standings. "Today's performance was very pleasing," first-year coach Dan Stratford said. The Raymore, Missouri, native tallied a pair of saves against the Huskies to solidify his 19th career clean sheet. 4 all-time in shutouts in the Mountaineer record books. Sunday's victory also marked WVU's fifth clean sheet of the season, as senior goalkeeper Steven Tekesky climbs to No. Pineda was credited with the game winner, his second of the season after recording the game-winning strike in WVU's season-opening win at Charlotte on Feb.

Just 15 minutes later, junior midfielder Ike Swiger added on the insurance goal to give WVU the two-score advantage and eventual victory.

The Mountaineers (6-3-0, 4-3-0 MAC) got on the board mid-way through the first half with a goal from junior forward Tony Pineda in the 25th minute.

– A pair of first-half goals lifted the West Virginia University men's soccer team over Northern Illinois, 2-0, at the NIU Soccer and Track and Field Complex, in DeKalb, Illinois, on Sunday afternoon. McGill joins NIU's previously announced class of Edith Delgado, Meghan Finley, Macy Harris, Quinlan Libit, Maddie Macon, Jordyn Saddler, Melissa Schneider and Kali Stock.MORGANTOWN, W.Va. Prior to North Texas, McGill played club soccer with FC Dallas and was part of a U16 ECNL national championship winning team in 2017. In her first season in Denton, the Mean Green went 15-6-1, won the Conference USA Tournament and earned the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. "We've had some great competition at our goalkeeper spot, and I anticipate Sadie continuing that trend as she immediately competes for playing time upon arriving to campus."Ī native of Fort Worth, Texas, McGill comes to NIU following two seasons at North Texas, where she appeared in three matches. "We're really excited about welcoming Sadie to the program," said Colhoff. McGill becomes the ninth signee for the Huskies for the upcoming 2021 campaign. – Northern Illinois University women's soccer head coach Julie Colhoff announced the addition of goalkeeper Sadie McGill for the upcoming season on Monday (August 2).
