The Lady Panthers (7-4-2, 6-1-2 AMC), who shared the AMC South Division title with the Lady Cougars last year, took an early 1-0 lead just 3:06 into the match when Sierra Patterson followed up her own shot. MVNU sophomore goalkeeper Jenessa Loewen stopped the initial shot, but the rebound bounced right back to Patterson for the score.  The goal also snapped Loewen's scoreless streak at 417:04.

The score remained that way until early in the second half when the Lady Cougars (7-6-1, 5-3-1 AMC) equalized. Sophomore midfielder Jamie Blair cut a pass to sophomore forward Jessica Estep (left) as two defenders moved to cover senior midfielder Erin Miller, who was also open on the play. Estep worked her way around the defenders and scored her team-leading 12th goal of the season to knot the match at 1-1 in the 51st minute.

The match appeared to possibly be heading to overtime when with 8:22 remaining an Ohio Dominican player was fouled in the box. Anna Cameron converted the penalty kick opportunity despite a valiant effort by Loewen, who guessed right but could not stop the shot as the Lady Panthers took the 2-1 lead that would hold up.

Ohio Dominican held a 10-8 edge in total shots and a 7-5 advantage in shots on goal while corner kicks were event at 3-3. Loewen posted five saves for the Lady Cougars, while Becky Williams and Aimee Simonet each played a half in goal for the Lady Panthers and registered two saves apiece.

“This was a good back-and-forth soccer match between two evenly matched teams,” said MVNU coach Jonathan Meade. “Despite getting behind early, I thought we played well at the end of the first half and came out and played well in the second half. Our team continues to get better and despite the outcome I saw a lot of positive signs. If we keep working hard, we have a chance to peak at the right time and still do some special things this season.”

The Lady Cougars will not play again this week and will return to action next Tuesday when the team travels to Ursuline College for another conference match that will start at 3:30 p.m.