The Toledo Rockets women’s soccer team failed to find the win column on the road this weekend as they tied Ball State 2-2 on Friday and lost to Miami (OH) 2-0 on Sunday. 

With Sunday’s loss, the Rockets are now 5-10-1 overall and 2-5-1 in the Mid-American conference. This loss also means that Toledo will not be able to post a regular season winning record.

On Friday, UT rallied to tie Ball State in come-from-behind fashion in a double-overtime thriller. 

Toledo struck first early with a goal from sophomore Kika Hernandez in the 14th minute. Junior Kirsten Catloth played a long ball into the Cardinals box where goalie Brooke Dennis could not keep possession of the ball and deflected it right to Hernandez. She then blasted a shot into the back of the net for her first goal of the season.

Toledo had a 1-0 lead with five minutes left in the first half until BSU found its first goal of the match. Ball State’s Michelle Blok knotted the score at 1-1 with her fourth tally of the season in the 42nd minute to even the score right before intermission. 

About a minute after the score, the Cardinals earned a penalty kick after a Toledo foul was called in the box. However, BSU’s Kelsey Shapiro’s fired a shot high over the crossbar.

Ball State took the lead in the second half with a goal from Gabby Veldman in the 62nd minute, her first goal of the year.

Toledo answered with just 15 minutes left in the game thanks to the senior scoring machine Rachel Macleod who blasted home a shot in the 75th minute to tie things up at 2-2. 

Her team and MAC-best 11th goal of the season and is tied for third for the most goals in school history for a single season. 

“Tonight’s match was exciting, and I’m proud of the way we battled a good BSU team,” UT head coach Brad Evans said. “We were a bit unfortunate hitting the underside of the crossbar twice after tying the contest. That being said though, we weren’t as potent in overtime.”

Macleod’s goal allowed for extra time, a first for the Rockets this season. 

In extra time, the Cardinals had the best chances to find a winner but second year goalie Sam Tiongson was able to make three key stops for UT. 

Tiongson was forced to stop a career-high 12 shots in Friday’s thriller. 

“Sam came up huge with about 10 seconds left in the second overtime to preserve the point and she was strong throughout the match,” Evans said.

BSU finished the game with a 24-19 shot advantage while the Rockets held the edge in corners at 9-3. 

Macleod had a career-high 10 shots in the match. 

In Sunday’s match against Miami (OH), the Rockets failed to find the scoreboard, losing 2-0.

“We played well enough to win and created a nice amount of quality scoring chances,” Evans said. “The difference between us and Miami today was just a play or two. I thought our defense did well against an extremely powerful attack.”

This is the second time in two years that the Rockets have been shut out against the Red Hawks. 

The first 60 minutes of the match went scoreless until Kelsey Dinges fired a shot from 30 yards out that found the back of the net which would turn out to be the game-winning goal. 

With only seconds remaining in the match, Dinges found her second goal of the game off of a free kick from 10 yards out to seal the game at 2-0. 

Toledo returns to play this Friday at home against Ohio and then face Kent State on Sunday. The Rockets have three games remaining before the conference tournament begins on Sunday, Nov. 3.