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Zips Warriors Case Study

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The Zips Drop a Close Game to the Falcons
On Sunday, October 2nd, 2016, the Akron Zips women’s soccer team hosted the Bowling Green State University Falcons in a very physical conference match. Both teams did not win their previous match so they were both looking forward to get a win and change their position in the standings of the MAC. The Zips had an overall record of 3-6-2 while in the MAC there record was 0-1-2. The Bowling Green Falcons were the favorites to win this match because of their overall record of 6-5-0 and in the MAC there standing was 1-2-0. In order to win the game the Zips had to find a way to shut down the Falcons offense.
In the first half, things started out slow for the Zips as they could not find a way to stop the …show more content…

In the second half the Zips looked positive coming out very physical fighting for midair balls, but the Falcons counter was just too much for the Zips. In just six minutes into the second half the away team found the back of the net again, this time it was a shot from the Falcons forward Sam Howshar. The Zips found themselves in a deeper hole after that second goal, but this didn’t stop them from fighting back to close the Falcons big lead. Later in the second half, the Zips stepped up their defense and lead on threatening counter attacks from Ashley Amato which eventually lead her on another break away to score and put the Zips back in a close game. In the last seven minutes, the Zips were attacking desperately looking to tie and send the game to overtime but the Falcons goalkeeper found a way to shut the Zips from evening the game.
Although the Zips lost the game, they did not let the Falcons get away easily and fought back the rest of the game. A couple days ago prior to this match, the ladies played a game against Toldeo that went to overtime. Tired legs from that game may have played a factor in this match. The Zips look forward to bounce back into their winning ways as they host the Kent State Golden Flashes on October 6th in another big conference

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