Belmont Bruins W 0, Valparaiso Beacons W 1

VALPARAISO, Ind. (Interstat) — The Valparaiso Beacons women’s soccer team secured a narrow 1-0 victory over the Belmont Bruins on Thursday night in an NCAA Division I match. The game’s only goal came from an unlikely source. Molly O’Rear, a forward who entered the match as a substitute, scored the decisive goal for the Beacons in a contest defined by defensive stands and a flurry of second-half substitutions. The result defied the pregame projections from Interstat, whose game simulator had predicted a 2-1 victory for Belmont. However, the same service’s ELO rating system gave Valparaiso a slight edge to win,… Read more...