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River Hawks Down Vermont in 4-3 Thriller – UMass Lowell Athletics
LOWELL, Mass. – A two-goal efficiency from junior Calliste Brookshire (Kingston, Mass.) led the UMass Lowell ladies’s soccer group (4-5-2, 1-1-0 AE) to an exhilarating 4-3 victory over the Vermont Catamounts (3-5-2, 0-1-2 AE) on Thursday evening at Cushing Subject.
Brookshire scored twice on two photographs to cleared the path for the River Hawks. Sophomore Ioanna Papatheodorou (Nea Erithraia, Greece) transformed from the penalty stripe whereas senior Anna Edson (Beverly, Mass.) and graduate scholar Lily Fabian (Monson, Mass.) every tallied an help. Redshirt junior Taylor Burgess (Mendon, Mass.) made 4 saves to earn the win.
“It feels good. I feel each groups did not wish to concede first and sadly, we did,” mentioned head coach Mira Novak. “Credit score to our group, we pulled a aim again after conceding and obtained out on the entrance foot within the second half. We put ourselves in good place to win tonight.”
The sport opened with each groups pressuring of their respective attacking third, however just one shot registered by the guests. UMass Lowell utilized the vast gamers and the house out there, switching the sector of play with gamers driving down the sideline on the lookout for a cross. Anna Edson had the primary good alternative for the River Hawks within the 19th minute off a nook. The senior collected a unfastened ball contained in the field, however the shot went excessive.
Lily Fabian was a power all evening, moving into the play to interrupt up Vermont’s assault to a rush on the counterattack. Within the 29th minute, Fabian intercepted a cross and drove on the Catamounts’ again line. Good construct up play from the River Hawks allowed Fabian to play Papatheodorou by means of on aim, however the shot was saved and cleared away.
Vermont broke the impasse within the 35th minute as Kate Bossert’s left footed strike discovered the again of the web. The hosts responded with an equalizing aim simply 4 minutes later. A free kick within the attacking third bounced out to Fabian who performed the ball again into the field. Because the ball bounced over the protection, Brookshire snuck in behind and tucked away a left-footed end. The groups would go into the break tied at 1-1.
Three minutes out of the break, the River Hawks took their first lead of the sport. Anna Edson intercepted a ball within the midfield and drove ahead. Edson discovered Brookshire on the left aspect of the sector and the junior charged on the again line. Brookshire rifled a long-range shot into the highest of the aim to attain her fifth of the season and provides the hosts a 2-1 edge.
Moments later within the 53rd minute, Edson was fouled within the field and UMass Lowell was awarded a penalty kick. Papatheodorou stepped as much as take the kick and scored her sixth aim of the season to place the River Hawks forward 3-1. The aim sparked life as UMass Lowell had two nice alternatives on aim within the jiffy following the penalty kick however couldn’t lengthen the lead.
The Catamounts scored from a free kick within the 63rd minute to chop the result in 3-2, only a minute after having a aim taken away for offside. Simply 20 seconds after the Vermont aim, sophomore Lærke Niklasson’s (Roskilde, Denmark) cross try was deflected in by the protection, giving UMass Lowell a 4-2 lead. Within the 67th, one other set piece aim for the Catamounts made it a 4-3 recreation, organising an thrilling end.
Each groups had probabilities within the last quarter-hour, however the River Hawk again line continued to impress. Seniors Allison LeBlanc (Saugus, Mass.) and Julia Edholm (Stockholm, Sweden), sophomore Emma Mitchell (West Orange, N.J.) and Lily Fabian learn the Vermont assault and intercepted passes to restrict Vermont’s probabilities from open play.
“I feel our again line was actually good once more,” added Novak. “We’re not proud of how we defended set items tonight, however that’s one thing we’ll work on. Total, I assumed the again line was nice for us once more tonight.”
The River Hawks held on late to earn their first convention win of the season and improved to 4-1 at dwelling. Subsequent up is a gathering the NJIT Highlanders on Sunday, October 2. Kickoff is slated for 12:00 p.m. at Mal Simon Stadium.