Football suffers a 2-3 setback in Miami

OXFORD, Ohio – The Ball State soccer team took a 2-0 lead against Miami, but the RedHawks scored three unanswered goals to secure a 3-2 win Friday night at Bobby Kramig Field.

The Cardinals (7-6-2, 2-4-2 Mid-American Conference) scored the first goal with a header Avery Fennel in the 14th^Th Minute. Delaney Caldwell At the beginning of the second half she scored her seventh goal of the year to make the final score 2-0.

Miami (6-4-5, 2-3-3 MAC) scored each of its goals in a 13-minute span late in the game and capped the upset with goals from Taylor Hamlett in the 70th minute^Th and 83^approx Minutes to get to the board and move on.

The host RedHawks took more shots (23-16), but the visitors had more on goal (9-8). Miami had more corner opportunities (7-5) and was whistled for more fouls (8-7).

Jordyn Jeffers And Addie Chester were blamed for the goals by Fenchel and Caldwell respectively. Ball State goalkeeper Grace Konopatzki played the entire game and made five saves.

The Cardinals return home to host Northern Illinois in the regular season home finale on Thursday at 4 p.m. The game will be streamed on ESPN+.