Eclipse Select Alumni: Ellenwood, Jarsombeck shine in college openers

CHICAGO (Aug. 26, 2014) – Eclipse Select Soccer Club alumna and Arkansas junior Ashleigh Ellenwood (Michigan City, Ind.) picked up right where she left off last season, scoring a dramatic 88th-minute goal to lead the Razorbacks to a 2-1 victory against Oklahoma State on Sunday in Fayetteville, Ark.

Elsewhere, Illinois State sophomore Paige Jarsombeck (Tinley Park, Ill.), who transferred from Creighton to the Redbirds over the summer, made an immediate impact for her new squad. In her Illinois State debut, Jarsombeck tallied a 26th-minute goal during a 4-1 victory against Northern Illinois on Friday in Normal, Ill. Two days later, Jarsombeck scored a 56th-minute goal and Illinois State rolled to a 5-1 victory against Central Michigan on Sunday in Normal.

For the full Eclipse Select alumni report, visit EclipseSelect.org.

Eclipse Select alumna Ellenwood nets goal in WPSL Elite final

Ashleigh Ellenwood

Eclipse Select Soccer Club alumna and Chicago Red Stars forward Ashleigh Ellenwood (Trail Creek, Ind.) scored a goal, but it was not enough for Chicago as the Western New York Flash would eventually win the Women's Premier Soccer League Elite League championship in Rochester, N.Y., on Saturday.

The Red Stars and Flash played to a 1-1 draw through regulation and overtime and Western New York took the shootout 4-2.

Ellenwood, who is headed to Arkansas to start her collegiate career in mid-August, had the shining moment for the Red Stars with a 41st-minute goal that gave Chicago a 1-0 lead heading into halftime.

It appeared that her goal would hold up, but in the seventh minute of second-half stoppage time, Western New York found the equalizer to force the two 15-minute overtime sessions.