The good news is that Marquette women’s soccer is 1-0-0 on the year after beating Central Michigan in the 2021 opener on Thursday night.
The bad news is that Marquette played an absolute clunker of a second half. The visiting Chippewas tallied three goals, two on penalty kicks, after intermission to pull within one with just under 20 minutes to play. The Golden Eagles pulled it together over the final 18 minutes to make their four goal first half stand up for a 4-3 win.
A fifth minute goal from Alex Campana got the season started for the Golden Eagles as she collected a pass from Kylie Sprecher, turned, and fired it in from the middle of the park.