Bulldogs Blitz Rangers On Senior Day

Postgame Highlights & Interview 
Postgame Interview - VerHage 

Big Rapids, Mich. - The nationally #9-ranked Ferris State University Women's soccer team ran away with a 5-0 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) victory over the Wisconsin Parkside Rangers on Sunday (Oct. 17) at the Bulldog Soccer Field to run its unbeaten streak to 12 consecutive games, which is two away from the program record. 

The victory came on Senior Day with FSU honoring a strong contingent of 10 seniors, including eight current players, prior to the outing.

Ferris State senior Grace VerHage continued her senior season tear with two goals and an assist to lead the way while freshman goalkeeper Darya Mosallaei, in conjunction with junior goalkeeper Lauren Koscielniak, pitched a seventh shutout of the season, tied for the second-most in a single season in school history.

The Bulldogs got on the board early when VerHage ripped in a one-timer from junior Isabella Zamborini at 10:52 of the first half. The goal was VerHage's team-leading eighth of the year while Zamborini earned her third assist of the yerr. Later, at 19:22, Ferris State senior Pia Nagel chipped in her eighth goal of the year to give FSU a 2-0 lead as VerHage set her up point-blank for her team-leading seventh assist of the year. 

Before the first half was out, FSU sophomore Jessie Bandyk fired a ball off a Ranger defender from close range that popped up in the air and floated over the goal line at 27:45. Bandyk's goal was her second of the year. Nagel set up Bandyk for her third helper of the season and a 3-0 halftime lead.

Early in the second half, VerHage drilled her second goal of the day and ninth of the season at 58:24 from the right side of the box to make it a 4-0 contest. Zamborini earned her second assist of the day and fourth of the season.

Finally, at 88:31, sophomore Sarah Katinas netted her first collegiate goal for a 5-0 lead, flying it past Parkside's Izzy Guyer into the top right corner. Sophomore Kortlyn Schwenke and picked up her first collegiate assist on the play, while junior Katie Nestico picked up her third.

The Bulldogs dominated the shot chart 37-5 with a 20-3 lead in shots on goal. Ferris State attempted seven corner kicks to Parkside's one.

In goal, Mosallaei made two stops in 76:25 before being relieved by Koscielniak, who made one stop for the Bulldogs. Mosallaei moved to 10-1-2 in goal for the Bulldogs. Guyer took the loss for the Rangers and made 15 stops in the process. A total of 24 Bulldogs saw action on the day, the most of any game in 2021.

Ferris State returns to the Bulldog Soccer Field on Friday (Oct. 22) to take on the Purdue Northwest Pride at 1 p.m. (ET), wrapping up a five-game homestand in Big Rapids.