Live text updates: Chicago Maroons-W 0-0 Emory Eagles-W (OT)

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We’ve kicked off.

4′ A neat switch by Nachtergaele finds Ndyabagye on the right wing, but both teams are still lacking any sort of coherency on the pitch.

7′ A lot of the Maroons’ play is going through Ndyabagye right now, who is getting a lot of space along the right channel. She wins a corner, which is taken by Denz and cleared out as far as Nachtergaele. She slides it back to Catalano, who steps up and sends a perfectly weighted cross up for Farmer … who is again adjudged to be minutely offside.

9′ Haiku #46, by Emerald:

Like the summer leaves,
your Go Maroons broadcasters
are wilted by heat.

And the first OT period ends with the game still knotted at 0-0, though there’s been some glimpses of life.

Tim wants to add his own Haiku, but I think it still needs some work:

Like a spider perched,
we are waiting for a goal
but it’s not coming.

12′ Emory wins a free kick, their first real chance of OT, but it amounts to nothing.

15′ Racine, inexplicably, steps up to intercept a free kick, and earns a yellow card for her imitation of a human pinball bumper.

19′ One minute left and still no dice.

A fair result in the UAA opener for the Maroons, but the on-field performance was a bit of a let-down after Tuesday’s second half effort. Thanks for sticking with us through this long and silent afternoon. We’ll see you on Wednesday for the men’s game against UW-Whitewater.

Live text updates: Chicago Maroons-W 0-0 Emory Eagles-W (FT)

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We’re a minute away from the second half. Sit back and enjoy!

46′ Fifteen seconds into the second half, Claire Gill cracks a left footed shot over the bar — an early signal of attacking intent?

49′ Good hold-up play from Bontz as she has her back to the goal, but she turns and finds a pass forward to Farmer. The ball hits a divot or gopher hole before she can take her shot, though, and it is cleared away from harm.

51′ Sustained pressure from the Maroons, as the ball pings around in Eagles territory, before it ricocches off a defender and falls to Farmer, who is adjudged to be in an offside position.

52′ Klamann has the Maroons’ best chance of the half so far, latching onto a soft clearance from G. Lam and nudges past her defender. But her toepoke is saved by Fedeles at point-blank range.

54′ The Maroons escape a close call as the ball is kept in near the Maroons’ touchline, and Sutter falls as she comes out to collect the ball. English tries to chip the ball across the face of goal, but no one is there for the tap-in, and Denz comes across the clear the ball.

65′ Nothing much for the last ten minutes, but now we have an interesting development for the Maroons. Coach Reifert has opted to rest Bontz and use Eva DeLaurentiis as an auxiliary forward — normally a very physical midfielder, it will be interesting to see how this experiment plays out.

68′ A hopeful long shot by defender Racine takes a hop inside the box but Sutter is equal to the attempt. Then, Manuelli is sent running by a neat pass into the box, but before she can control the ball or take a shot, she is tackled expertly from behind. Farmer is now going to make way for Bontz, with Reifert opting for a more physical presence up top.

76′ Some solid defending from Costich, as she battles substitute forward Lauren Smith for the ball inside the Chicago box, and Ndyabagye, who comes over to help. We can only bring you individual highlights like these right now, as the game has lacked shape and pace for most of the second half.

81′ Great effort by recent substitute Manuelli, who takes it up the left sideline almost the entire length of the Eagles territory, before being stopped by a couple of defenders. Reifert and the Chicago bench are engaging in some very vocal encouragement for their teammates.

83′ There’s a circus in the Emory box, as Ndyabagye pierces the defense, only for her shot to be deflected by a defender as Fedeles comes rushing out. There are a couple of defenders on hand to clear the ball.

84′ Off a free kick, Nachtergaele sends the ball into the box, but Gill is unable to control the ball, and the chance is lost. Still, a positive burst of activity from the Maroons.

86′ A nervewracking moment for coach and fans alike, as second-year sensation Meyer is seen limping heavily on the pitch. Finally, play is stopped, and Catalano comes into central defense as the physios evaluate the extent of her injury.

88′ Scherer unleashes a solid tackle on English as the Eagle surge forward, sending the ball out for a corner. Bryan is the one who gets a touch from the inswinging ball, and Sutter makes a crucial save at her far post.

90′ Bontz has Chicago’s last chance of the game, as she bides her time with three defenders around. Finally cutting the ball back onto her dominant right foot, she can only whiff her shot directly into Fedeles’s arms.

Regulation ends with a 0-0 score, with neither team able to do much offensively. Stay tuned for overtime coverage, which will be on a new post. Thanks for sticking around (and upping my blog stats)!

Overtime live text here!

Live text updates: Chicago Maroons-W 0-0 Emory Eagles-W (1st half)

Ten minutes until kickoff, we’ll bring you all the text updates through the game. Sorry about the technical difficulties.

Chicago lineup: Sutter; Costich, Meyer, Scherer, Denz; Ndyabagye, Gill, Nachtergaele, Klamann; Bontz; Farmer.

Emory lineup: Fedeles; Lam (Grace), Racine, Manseau, Toohey; Lydon, Wahr, Vankineni, Lam (Joyce); Levy, English.

And we’ve kicked off.

4′ A move starting in the midfield with second-year winger Klamann results in a cross, which is dropped by Eagles goalkeeper Fedeles. Ndyabagye can’t get back to it, though, but wins a corner for the Maroons. Denz will take all of the free kicks/corners in the absence of fourth-year defender Catalano, who is, in true U of C fashion, taking her LSATs today.

5′ Emory comes back with a dangerous cross sent into the box by J. Lam, but the intended player just misses connecting with the ball.

6′ Farmer tries a shot from 20 yds out, but it’s straight at Fedeles and the keeper collects easily.

8′ English is nearly released with a ball played in between the central defenders, but Sutter, who is coming back from a bruised knee, sees the danger and rushes out of her box for the clearance.

14′ After some good possession in the Maroons’ half, J. Lam sends in a cross that bypasses everybody, and nearly bounces over the head of Sutter, who is just able to get her fingers on the ball. No matter — an Emory attacker was ruled offside.

16′ Farmer nearly latches onto a release by Bontz, but Fedeles is able to smother the ball. The Maroon attack has done a good job putting pressure on the Emory defense and goalkeeper so far. Catalano, back from her brain exercise, has now run onto the sideline and is warming up.

18′ Great defending by Scherer, who is at a height/weight disadvantage going up against Emory’s star forward English. But Scherer uses her body positioning to prevent English from getting a clear touch on the ball inside the box, and winning a free kick in the process.

23′ Sutter makes an incredible save from forward Ward on a one-on-one situation that might have been offside. Levy rushed up for the rebound shot, but was blocked by Costich. Second-year midfielder Molly Costich checks in for Klamann.

30′ Fourth-year midfielder Eva DeLaurentiis checks in for Nachtergaele. The game has been thrumming at a middling pace for the last ten minutes or so, with some nervous moments for both teams but also not many concrete chances.

31′ One of the best chances for Emory this half — J. Lam, free inside the box, gets a strong header off a cross by English, but it trickles just wide of Sutter’s near post. First years Katie Manuelli and Emily Benoit check in for Ndyabagye and Gill. Manuelli gets involved in the attack immediately, taking the ball up the right sideline, but her cross lacks direction.

40′ Both teams have looked a bit disorganized, until substitute forward Shayna Bryan breaks free of the Maroon defense, only to send a weak shot that doesn’t even reach Sutter — Meyer comes back to clear that ball.

41′ A neat one-two between sub Kennedy-Darling and Farmer leads to the former taking a shot that is blocked by the defender; her rebound shot is low and straight at Fedeles, who has been uninvolved since the first few Maroon attacks.

45′ A pretty evenly-matched first half ends goalless. The Maroons started strong, consistenly testing Fedeles, but dropped off a bit toward the latter half. The Eagles have not looked better nor worse than the Maroons, creating a handful of situations. Chicago goalkeeper Sutter has collected a couple of good saves, and looks sharp after being taken out of the last match with a bruised knee.

We’ll have second-half coverage in a separate post; check back for the link, or refresh the front page of the blog in about 12 minutes. Thanks for putting up with this non-audio, non-interactive gameday “broadcast.”

Second half live-text updates here.

Live text updates: Chicago Maroons 2-3 Emory Eagles (2OT)

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Both teams are huddling in their respective halves of the pitch as we wait to start the first period of overtime. The first team to score will take the result, and if the score remains scoreless after two 10-min periods, the game will be logged as a tie.

For the Maroons, a banged-up Hughes has been replaced by Iatarola, but otherwise, the lineup remains the same.

2′ Baron is forced to make a frantic save at his far post. From the corner kick, Baron misses his attempted punch, but is able to clean up as the Eagles have no one in the box.

4′ A neat move by Fitzgerald on the left leaves him enough room to send a cross in for Friloux, who is unable to connect as his defender clears the ball.

8′ Heart-in-mouth stuff as the Maroons escape by the skin of their teeth — or the bottom of the crossbar, as it were. Carver pulls away from his defender to send a header over Baron and off the underside of the bar. After a bounce, Steinart lumps it out for an Eagles corner.

10′ End of the first OT period, with some good chances created by both sides. A quick two minute break, and we’ll bring you the second OT period in this same post.

11′ And we’re off …

12′ And we’re done, just like that. GOAL for Emory, by Carver the invisible man. He gets past Steinart after the ball goes uncleared in the backfield, and his shot gave Baron no chance at all. Chicago 2-3 Emory is your final score, thanks for sticking around.

Live text updates: Chicago Maroons 2-2 Emory Eagles (FT)

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There have been two changes made to the Chicago lineup at the start the second half — Guerra starts ahead of Manners, and Friloux will play up top, with Hamilton dropping back into the midfield.

The second half has started.

46′ A dangerous set piece for the Eagles along the right channel. Carver takes the free kick, and it floats over everybody to bounce out just past the near post.

50′ A clever move by Clifford earns the Maroons a free kick in the right channel. Cartwright’s delivery finds Guerra near the far post, who rises over everybody to send a header just past the goalpost.

55′ In a scene that’s quickly becoming commonplace, McFarland is released by an early pass, but a determined Hughes keeps with him the entire way to the byline, forcing him to try a cross, which Steinart clears with a diving header.

60′ An Emory free kick in a central spot is taken by Carver, but Steinart rises above the opposition to clear the ball out. Emory has looked more comfortable in the second half so far, with Chicago still trying to adjust to the halftime changes by Coach Wiercinski.

62′ A searing run from Farias-Eisner takes him past two defenders, but his short cross catches Hamilton in an offside position.

62′ Emory brings the action back toward Chicago’s goal, as a ball is laid back to Del Marmol, who flashes a speculative shot past Baron’s far post.

64′ Better pressure by Chicago, as Clifford gets the ball near the top of the Emory box. His shot is deflected only as far as the onrushing Cartwright, who takes a hard, low shot that swerves past Meehan’s goal.

67′ Fitzgerald comes in to relieve Guerra on the left wing, and immediately wins a free kick about 30 yds out. Clifford’s delivery nearly searches out Steinart at the near post, but the ball goes out of bounds for an Emory goal kick.

70′ An awful back-header to Meehan nearly resulted in an own goal, just slipping out the goalline but Chicago is unable to take advantage of the resulting corner. Credit goes to first-year goalkeeper Baron, whose box-to-box goal kick was the impetus that nearly drove Emory to disaster.

A triple change for the Maroons: Mike Glass in for Farias-Eisner, Guerra in for Hamilton, and first-year defender Cory Herrick in for Marshall.

73′ GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!! Clifford with his second of the game, set up beautifully by Fitzgerald and Friloux. Taking on a couple of defenders on the left edge of the box, Fitzgerald is able to deke his way into space, look up, pick his spot, and send in a cross. Friloux, rushing in, dummies his shot, leaving the ball for Clifford, who has the easiest of finishes in the middle of the box. Chicago 2-1 Emory, with Clifford racking up the points.

79′ Goal? Goal! Pandemonium on the pitch as the Eagles seemed to have a ball cleared off the line by Steinart, only for the sideline ref to indicate that the ball had passed the goalline. An awkward header by Hughes fell for McFarland, who chipped the ball over an onrushing Baron. Steinart got back to the line to clear the ball, but after a minute of deliberation between referees, the goal was awarded to Emory. Chicago 2-2 Emory

80′ The Maroons try to regain the lead, and it’s Clifford again on the right, trying to battle his way into the box. The ball eventually ends up at the feet of Fitzgerald, whose cross is just missed by Friloux.

82′ It’s Chicago’s turn to flirt with calamity — on a relatively tame Emory play, Baron calls for the ball but Steinart’s back-header was short. Carver nearly slides in between the two to score the go-ahead goal, but his shot flashes past the post, with Marshall ushering it out safely.

86′ Fitzgerald receives the ball with his back to goal, turns, and unleashes a hard shot which goes straight to Meehan. A nicely taken half-chance from outside the area.

88′ McFarland is again at the cusp of stealing the game for the Eagles, finding acres of open space after an attacking play breaks down for the Maroons. With Carver rushing in on the other wing, McFarland chooses to take his chance, and misses the near post by inches.

89′ 20 seconds before the end of regulation, McFarland finds a free header inside the box, but it bounces tamely wide of the net.

90′ The game ends on a 2-2 tie, and we go to sudden death overtime! Stick around and we’ll bring that to you live, again in a separate post. Thanks for bearing with us on this most technologically challenged of game days.

Overtime action here.

Live text updates: Chicago Maroons 1-1 Emory Eagles (halftime)

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Starting Lineups

For Chicago: Baron; Cartwright, Steinart, Hughes, Marshall; Farias-Eisner, Phelps; Clifford, Manners, Fitzgerald; Hamilton

For Emory: Meehan; Roche, Jakubowski, Waxman, Laney; Diego, Del Marmol, Eisen-Markowitz; Carver, McFarland, Zalk

Game has started.

3′ The Maroons are starting out strong, pressuring in the opponents’ half and forcing Emory to play the ball back to their keeper on multiple occasions.

4′ Emory gets their first chance of the game as Edelman sends the ball into the box for Deigo. His attempted cross is deflected out by a Chicago defender, and Emory wins the first corner of the game. A left-footed inswinger taken by Eisen-Markwitz was cleared out by Manners, a rebound was cleared by Marshall, and a second rebound ball was finally grabbed by Baron.

10′ GOAL!!! Ball tackled well by Phelps in the midfield, and sent over to Farias-Eisner, whose long switch found Clifford on the left wing. Clifford took the ball around an Emory defender and, from a difficult angle, finished a low, right-footed shot into the far side of the netting. Chicago 1-0 Emory on another classic goal by first-year forward Alex Clifford.

15′ First-year defender Steinart’s height comes in handy as a high ball searches out McFarland near the top of the Chicago box. Using his frame, Steinart insinuated himself in between the forward and the ball, and was dragged down for a whistled call.

17′ McFarland takes on Hughes on the left channel, and sends a high cross over the head of Marshall for Zalk. Zalk’s attempted pass across the top of the box is intercepted nicely by Farias-Eisner, who is having another strong performance this morning.

20′ Jan-Michael Guerra checks in for Kenzo Manners, and immediately makes an impact. Some nice one-touch passing in the midfield results in Marshall sending a left-footed cross, which was cleared out for a Chicago corner.

22′ McFarland is released by an early pass, but his first touch takes it away from him, allowing Hughes enough time to get back and make a tackle just inside the Chicago box that bounces out off McFarland. Emory is regaining some momentum with a few adept passes, but their final touches are letting them down so far.

30′ The Maroons do a bit of clean-up work in the back as a long throw-in allows Emory to crowd the Chicago box. Cartwright and Hamilton both get crucial clearances as Emory has stepped up a gear, trying to get back into the game.

30′ A strong challenge at the top of the box leaves second-year central defender Hughes in some pain. He’s had a few nagging injuries in the early season stretch, and he is promptly replaced by Gabe Iatarola, with Cartwright slotting back into central defense.

32′ A foul by Iatarola gives Emory a dangerous free kick about 20 yds out. Edelman’s delivery somehow misses two Emory heads inside the box, and is cleared out by Marshall. Friloux checks in for Clifford.

34′ Meehan makes a crucial stop for Emory as Fitzgerald is released by an incisive pass from Farias-Eisner, rushing out to smother the ball at the top of the box. Emory dodges a potential bullet there.

37′ Lobell replaces Hamilton, pushing Friloux up front and adding more speed in the midfield. Emory gives up a free kick, which Marshall puts up high and fast, but straight at the keeper.

39′ GOAL! Emory ties up the game through substitute forward Scannapieco. Off a long throw-in, Steinart was only able to redirect the ball toward the spot, and Scannapieco was on hand to poke it into the back of the net. Chicago 1-1 Emory

45′ The Maroons win one last corner before halftime. Lobell takes it long, Meehan gets a fingertips touch on the ball, and Steinart’s second-time cross is unable to seek out a shot inside the ball, and gathered up by the keeper.

The two teams go into the half with a tie score. We’ll start a new post for the second half, so stick around! We are going to post the full first half audio somewhere, and I’ll post the link as soon as it gets uploaded. Thanks for your support!

Second half updates here.