BALTIMORE - Fourteen shots and a second-half penalty kick from senior
Bella Miller weren't enough for American University women's soccer, which fell 2-1 at UMBC on Sunday afternoon despite battling the Retrievers nearly even throughout the match. The Eagles are now 0-2, while UMBC improves to 2-0.
NotableÂ
- Miller scored the third goal of her career and first penalty kick, getting the opportunity in the 68th minute.
- The Eagles totaled 14 shots to the Retrievers' 18, and had six shots on goal to UMBC's eight.
- Leading AU in shots was junior Maddie Hurowitz with four, while Miller took three shots including two on goal.
- Freshman Riley Molbury played all 90 minutes in goal for the second game in a row, making six saves.
How it Happened
- Molbury was tested early and made a save just two minutes into the game after two other UMBC shots had missed the mark.
- Senior Lauren Sanders took a strong shot for AU in the eighth minute, but it went just high and wide of the cage.
- UMBC's first goal came in the 21st minute as Olivia Nardone headed it in off a corner kick.
- With 11 seconds left in the first half, junior Nariah Goldman nearly evened the score for AU, but her shot bounced off the crossbar.
- The game-winner for UMBC was scored just 25 seconds into the second half when Brooke Clagett snuck the ball into the lower right corner.
- Miller and junior Mia De Villegas-Decker were both unlucky in the 47th minute, taking back-to-back shots that hit off the crossbar.
- AU came within one on Miller's penalty-kick goal in the 68th minute, but couldn't get the equalizer.
- Molbury made two more saves to keep the deficit at one, and Sanders had a chance with a minute and a half left but Amara Codd made the save for UMBC.
Up Next
- The Eagles will play their third straight road game to open the season, heading to Richmond for a 5 p.m. match on Thursday, Aug. 20.
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