The Malone University women's soccer team fell to Ohio Dominican University on Saturday night by a score of 2-1. The Pioneers, who started the year 7-1-0, are now 7-5-0 overall after struggling in four consecutive road matches, and sit at 4-5-0 in Great Midwest Athletic Conference play. The Ohio Dominican Panthers pick up their ninth win of the season and are 9-5-0 in 2019 and 7-3-0 in conference play. The Panthers clinched a berth to the G-MAC Tournament with their win and loss by Lake Erie on Friday.
 
12 points for Malone in the conference table places them eighth with three games left to play. The Pioneers hold a five point lead over the first team out of the playoff picture, Lake Erie.
 
Just as in the men's match earlier in the night, Ohio Dominican picked up an early goal to take a 1-0 lead. In the 7th minute, Samantha Buck netted a goal off of a free ball that was placed in the box from a free kick beyond midfield.
 
The Panthers would double their lead at the 22-minute mark when Samantha Buck would find the back of the net again for her 11th goal of the season.
 
Malone's offense was only able to muster up three shots in the first half, two by Danielle Lung and one by Sally Culig.
 
Coming out of the huddle, the Pioneers were able to strike for a goal to shrink the deficit. Keeley Malley redirected a corner kick that was pinballing off defenders and the Panther keeper in the 46th minute to compile her third goal of the season.
 
This would be all the scoring either team would do on the night, as rain fell heavily in the second half and limited scoring opportunities.
 
Alexa Langenfeld took two shots for the Pioneers in the second half to tie Lung for the team lead in shots. Malone was outshot in the match 13-6.
 
Senior netminder Haleigh Seman tallied four saves.
 
The Pioneers return home for their next contest against nationally-ranked and undefeated Findlay on Thursday, October 31 at 3:30 pm.