GRANVILLE, Ohio - Senior goalkeeper Colleen Fleming made a career-high 13 saves, but the Allegheny women's soccer team suffered a 1-0 loss at North Coast Athletic Conference foe Denison.

While Fleming and the Gator defense allowed just one goal despite withstanding a barrage of 26 Denison shots, the Big Red defense limited Allegheny's scoring chances, as the Gators managed just one shot.

After Fleming made a trio of saves in the first 20 minutes of play, the Big Red broke through to scrore the game's lone goal in the 28th minute, when Grace Murray chipped home a pass from Phoebe Gilbert from eight yards out.  

The Big Red continued to maintain possession for the final 15 minutes of the half, tallying five more shots, but two were saved by Fleming and two more blocked away by the Gator defense to keep the Denison lead at 1-0 at the half.  Over the opening 45 minutes of play, Denison held an 11-0 advantage in shots and a 5-0 edge in corner kicks, while Fleming made six saves.

The Gators had its best two chances to equal the score in the opening 15 minutes of the second stanza.  In the 48th minute, a shot from Isabella Martinez beat the defense but just missed the top right corner of the net, while 10 minutes later, a cross from Jessie Thiessen to seemingly set up a tap in from Taylor Renk inside the box was intercepted at the last second by Denison keeper Jenny Herold.

After Denison thwarted the Renk scoring threat, the Big Red offense went back on the attack, but Fleming was up to the task, making five more saves between the 64th and 69th minutes, before turning in her seventh save of the half, and 13th of the game, on an attempt up close with eight minutes left in regulation.  The Gators owned possession in their offensive third over the final seven minutes of the game, but were unable to generate a quality scoring chance as time wound down.

The Gators will now open a two-game home stand on Wednesday, Oct. 11, when they play host to NCAC foe Oberlin for a 7:30 p.m. match that will take place under the lights at Frank B. Fuhrer Field.