Illinois soccer headed to Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium to face Ohio State on Sunday. After a hard-fought second half performance, Illinois failed to overturn the deficit created by the Buckeyes. In a match that started back and forth, the Illini nearly took the lead 11 minutes in through senior forward Makala Woods. Good link-up play led to a shot inside the box, which was comfortably saved by Prichard of the Buckeyes. In a sucker-punch move, the Buckeyes scored off a counterattack through star player Amanda Schlueter, who received the ball on the left wing and cut inside to smash the ball past senior goalkeeper Julia Cili into the bottom left corner. It was from then on that the game shifted toward the Buckeyes. In the 20th minute, Cili came up clutch for the Illini by making an acrobatic diving save from an Emma Sears header to tip the ball over…
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