CMU women's lacrosse loses on the road to Cincinnati
Central Michigan sophomore defender Sofia DeGeorge battles for possession of the ball against Cincinnati sophomore midfielder Hailey Joy Simpson in the CMU Soccer/Lacrosse Complex, Sunday, March 2, 2025. (CMLife | Alivia Cranick)
With less than eight minutes to go in the first quarter, Cincinnati’s midfield senior Lexie Wolfe receives a pass from sophomore attacker Paige Selhorn.
Wolfe runs and marks the first goal of the game.
The game continued with a lead by Cincinnati University at home against Central Michigan University.
Central Michigan lost the game in a 14-6 game loss. This marks the fourth loss in a row for CMU, with its record at 0-4.
"Against Cincinnati, it's always, you know, kind of that dog fight where it's going to come down to the little details," head coach Emilia Ward said. "So that was a lot of it."
The first quarter of the game was a highly defensive game for the Chippewas as the quarter was defensive dominant.
"I thought we were close to putting it together for a full four quarters, so there is probably, you know, two minutes in each quarter where we just kind of relaxed a little bit," Ward said.
Isabella Bainbridge got a free position shot against Cincinnati’s defense to score the first goal by the Chippewas, just a couple minutes into the second quarter.
Less than ten minutes in the second quarter, Selhorn made her own space to score her first goal of the game. This marks her 13th goal in the season so far.
CMU’s freshman attacker Mia Bradley receives the ball and as she’s surrounded by defensive players, she makes a pass to junior attacker Anna Farrar.
Farrar catches the ball over her shoulder, she spins over her defender to shoot over her left side. This is Farrar’s first goal of the season, with three shots on goal during the season.
"I thought she really, you know, just let the game come to her today," Ward said about Farrar.
Wolfe had another quick goal in the game, with a pass from Selhorn.
The Chippewas followed shortly with a goal from Farrar, and an assist from Caye Kalbacher. The goal moved the score to 4-3 for Cincinnati.
Cincinnati’s Wolfe had a strong force during the game, with a back-to-back score in the second quarter. Both goals had assists from Selhorn.
Selhorn received attacker of the week, this week, for the Big 12.
Central Michigan’s senior goalie Leila Kahler struggled in the first half with eight goals allowed, and only three saves.
The Cincinnati Bearcats started the third quarter strong with a goal just three minutes in. Junior attacker Paige Counts makes the goal with an assist from Selhorn.
Bradley received a free position shot just seven minutes left in the third quarter. The whistle blew and Bradley sunk the ball straight into the goal.
Cincinnati’s junior attacker Amadi Higgins shoots the ball over her shoulder in between defenders for her first goal of the season. The ball went straight over Kahler’s shoulder.
The fourth quarter of the game was started with Cincinnati being ahead by six points, with a 10-4 score.
Kalbacher got a free position shot and took the ball straight to cage to score the first goal of the quarter.
She was a Mid-American Conference all-freshman selection last season and started in all 15 games.
With ten minutes left in the game, Cincinnati’s offense spent some time passing trying to make space for a goal. Selhorn cuts in front to shoot and score a goal for the Bearcats.
After a foul by junior defender Ava Regitz, Selhorn received a free position shot to score another goal for Cincinnati.
With less than two minutes left in the game, Bradley passes to Farrar. Farrar cuts quickly in front of the crease to make the Chippewas’ final goal of the game.
Cincinnati's junior attacker Brooke Peck runs on the side of the goal to pass the ball to sophomore attacker Chloe Page. Page was waiting right in front of the goal, as she was able to slide the ball in.
"We definitely had some turnovers that just, for us, just not catching the ball cleanly or not picking up a ground ball cleanly," Ward said. "You know everybody we see is going to learn from that."
The Chippewas will play against Lindenwood on Feb. 28 away at Saint Charles, Missouri.
