Delaware Rising extends winning streak to two matches with road win against Panthers FC
Delaware Rising hit the road for the first time this season in their second contest of the Northern Ohio Soccer League (NOSL) season. Rising opened the season on May 9th, getting a 2-0 victory against Ohio City. The win marking their first against City since the first NOSL title contested on the campus of Mount Vernon Nazarene University back in 2022.
Natalie Dye (Detroit Mercy) scored the game’s opening goal and secured an assist helping Avery Miller (Queens) tally an insurance goal to give Delaware an important three points to start the season on the front foot.
Rising hit the road this past Sunday for a date with Panthers FC on the campus of Hillsdale Local Schools in Ashland, Ohio. The visitors began the match searching for their footing with moments of brilliance mixed in between.
Midway through the first half Delaware’s Haylee Prime (Missouri S&T) nearly linked up with Lindsey Castillo (IU Indy) for the game’s first goal but the Rising forward was whistled offside.
Castillo got her breakthrough in the 41st minute as chaos in the top of the penalty area saw the ball fall to her feet, the Pataskala native calmly placed her shot into the net for the game’s opening marker.
Avery Miller found the score sheet once more as the Queens product slotted home a cross from Prime to extend the lead to 2-0.
Castillo influenced the game once more with a shot from distance that hit the crossbar and down into the goal to give the visitors a 3-0 lead.
The goalkeeping tandem of Sally Patton (Loyola Chicago) and Ella Schwertfager (Otterbein) maintained a combined clean sheet in the victory, although both faced challenges throughout the match but stood tall to deliver the three points and the victory as the team returned down Interstate 71 with all three points.
Check out photos from the contest here.