The Ursuline College soccer team will host a pair of Great Midwest matches on Thursday and Saturday this week against Davis & Elkins and Alderson Broaddus.
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The Arrows will host the Senators in a re-match of the 2016 Great Midwest Tournament Championship game on Thursday afternoon at 3:30pm while the Battlers will come to town on Saturday for a 2:30pm kick-off.
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Ursuline is coming off a 4-3 loss on the road at Findlay last Saturday in which they fell behind 3-1 in the early part of the match before pulling within 3-2 before the half. Senior
Steph Chlad scored a pair of goals for the Arrows giving her five on the year which matches her total from 2016.
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Davis & Elkins is coming off its second Great Midwest tie of the early season as they played to a 1-1 tie with Malone last weekend. The Senators enter play on Thursday seeking their first victory of 2017.
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Ursuline won the previous meeting in Pepper Pike last year 2-1 while Davis & Elkins won the match up in West Virginia 1-0 before their meeting in the G-MAC finals.
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On Saturday, Ursuline will host Alderson Broaddus who will be coming off a match against Lake Erie on Thursday.
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The Battlers have opened conference play with a pair of ties against Davis & Elkins and Malone before falling 4-0 at home to Walsh last weekend.
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Ursuline won both meetings between the two squads in 2016.
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The Arrows remain home next week for meetings with Malone and Walsh on Thursday and Saturday. Â
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