ROCHESTER, Mich. – The University of North Dakota soccer team closed out a strong opening weekend of competition on Monday afternoon, playing to a 1-1 draw against Oakland from Oakland Soccer Field in Rochester, Mich.
The contest, which was moved from Sunday's original date to Monday due to weather, saw the Fighting Hawks (0-0-2) complete an unbeaten first weekend of the season for the fifth time in eight seasons under Head Coach
Chris Logan with a pair of 1-1 draws.
It was a hot start for the green and white, with
Milan Cordone getting the visitors on the board in early fashion. The sophomore struck just 1:48 into the contest on her first goal of the season and second of her career to give the Hawks an early 1-0 lead. The tally nearly cracked the record books, coming just 15 seconds shy of the top-5 fastest goals to begin a game in program history.
Midway through the opening stanza, Oakland (0-1-1) leveled the score on a tally from Frankie Mudd, but neither side could find the go-ahead breakthrough in the final 65 minutes.
Freshman goalkeeper
Grace Miller was solid once again in her second game of her collegiate career, stopping four shots to improve to 0-0-2.
North Dakota will open the home portion of the regular season on Wednesday afternoon against Minnesota Crookston at 3 p.m. from Bronson Field. The contest will air on The Summit League Network through Midco Sports Plus.
Postgame Notes
- UND concludes the opening weekend unbeaten for the fifth time in eight years under HC Chris Logan
- This was the first all-time meeting between NoDak and Oakland
- Milan Cordone's goal was the sixth-fastest to begin a game in program history at 1:48
- Oakland finished with a 14-5 shot advantage, including 5-1 in on-target attempts
- UND tallied five corner kicks compared to four for Oakland
- NoDak's Allison Tschetter, Marianna Carpenter and Caroline Kuhn were all shown yellow cards
How It Happened
First Half
2' | UND –
Milan Cordone opens the scoring with her first tally of the season
25' | OU – Frankie Mudd knots the contest at 1-1 midway through the opening half
Second Half
No scoring
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