Maryland women’s soccer goalie Faith Luckey erased yet another dangerous close-range effort from No. 7 Iowa in the 67th minute, nabbing another loose ball deep in the box. She was more than exhausted on the night, facing 11 shots on goal and constant pressure on the defensive end on the road.
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Maryland women’s soccer silenced by No. 7 Iowa, 2-0
But in the 75th minute, the Hawkeyes finally capitalized on their endless pressure, putting in a goal that even Luckey couldn’t prevent. A well-placed cross from Sofia Bush found the head of an unmarked Kelli McGroarty, who redirected the ball in to notch her fifth goal on the season and extend Iowa’s lead to two scores.
That score capped off the match as the Hawkeyes handily put Maryland away, 2-0, in a lopsided affair.
Iowa quickly took control at the kickoff, maintaining possession in Maryland’s half. Faith Luckey had to stay alert — an early pair of shots were stifled in the third minute.
The Terps took their first possession in the fifth minute after a hard foul on Mckinley Heaven. But the Hawkeyes quickly struck back, as Maryland’s frontline looked disoriented early. Josie Jones curled a progressive cross into the box in the seventh minute, which sailed high of Liana Tarasco.
The Hawkeyes racked up five shots by the 20th minute, but could not convert.
Kelsey Smith won a free kick in the 24th minute after she was tripped up by Abby Skiff. Ava Morales lined up just beyond the penalty box, ready to strike. However, her shot just missed its mark, glancing high off the crossbar.
Maryland continued its newfound momentum in the 27th minute, as a cross from Alyssa Abramson found Smith, who missed wide right.
The Hawkeyes urgently drove back. A brilliant pass from Bush found Kenzie Roling, who neatly chipped the ball over a leaping Luckey in the 28th minute. But Iowa’s efforts were nullified, as the official deemed Roling offsides.
Roling got her revenge in the 34th minute, after an errant header for Abramson was won back by Iowa. Emily Lenhard attempted a clear, but muffed the kick as the ball dribbled into the box for Roling, who drove her shot into the lower lefthand corner to give the Hawkeyes the lead.
As Iowa made a plethora of subs, all of Maryland’s starters remained on the pitch, looking completely out of breath as Iowa prepared for its sixth corner in the 39th minute.
The Hawkeyes had maintained possession for nearly the entire half, earning seven total corners while allowing Maryland none. The Terps, outshot 9-2, entered the locker room with a full buffet of food for thought.
The second half began with more of the same. Aggressive pressure from the Hawkeyes forced an uncomfortable clearance and a diving save from Luckey within the first five minutes. She should’ve been tested again a minute later, but another shot was launched well high of the goal from close range by Elle Wildman.
Maryland finally earned its first corner kick in the 52nd minute after a run from Heaven was barely stopped. But Iowa easily regained possession just seconds after the entry pass.
Maryland’s match followed a similar story across the next 20 minutes, as the defense scrambled, the offense faltered and Luckey was more than overwhelmed.
A shove from Delaney DeMartino and a missed tackle from Tarasco earned both players yellow cards in the 61st and 63rd minutes, respectively. Play was briefly stopped after the latter card as Micheal Marchiano asked that hecklers, who had been harassing Luckey for over 10 minutes, be removed from the grounds.
The aggression continued into the 64th minute, as Mitchell sent Tarasco to the turf mere inches from the penalty box. Greer’s shot rocketed towards the goal, but it was denied yet again by Luckey, who earned her sixth save of the night.
After their second score, the Hawkeyes didn’t let up, and a pair of shots in the 83rd minute sailed just off target.
Iowa controlled possession for the final minutes of the match, and won its fifth game in a row. Meanwhile, Maryland went without a goal in its fourth straight match.
- Dominated. While the scoreline may not truly show it, Iowa was in command for every second of the bout, controlling possession for over 65% of the match. Maryland’s abysmal minus-24 shot differential spelled out drastic issues on both sides of the ball.
- Under pressure. Throughout the week, Marchiano repeatedly asserted how the team needs to stop allowing a high volume of shots. Tonight, the Terps failed to deliver on their coach’s goals, facing a season-high 27 shots. If not for nine heroic saves at the hands of Luckey, the scoreline could have been far more lopsided.
- One Terp show. Earlier this season, Maryland struggled in its offensive positioning, as Kelsey Smith often outran her teammates and failed to get a clean cross off. On Thursday, Heaven replicated those issues, as her continuous efforts were smothered multiple times by a host of Iowa defenders.
Baltimore Sun co-owner Armstrong Williams held a town hall to discuss juvenile justice in Maryland.
Williams was joined by a panel featuring DJS Chair Betsy Tolentino, City State’s Attorney Ivan Bates, and Todd Scott, the founder of ‘We Rise.’
There was also a studio audience of teen “success stories.”
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BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD — Maryland State Del. Nino Mangione was picked over the weekend to serve as the County Council’s newest member.
The move came Saturday, when the two-person Baltimore County Republican Central Committee held a public hearing and a vote at the Holiday Inn Timonium.
Mangione was one of seven candidates vying to fill the 3rd District seat left vacant in May by Councilman Wade Kach, who resigned due to health issues after serving on the County Council for more than 11 years.
Other candidates who competed for the 3rd District seat included Todd Huff, Lynne Jones, Tim Braue, Eric Rockel, Gerard Wittstadt, and E.J. McNulty.
Mangione was the only figure who simultaneously ran for a council seat in this year’s election bid. He is also running as a 5th District candidate, which includes most of the current 3rd District.
The county is operating under a new redistricting map that was approved for the 2026 election cycle last year. The map was passed in a 5-2 vote.
Baltimore County will hold its primary election on June 23.
MARYLAND (WBFF) — Starting Monday, June 1st, marks the first day mail-in ballots across the state will be canvassed for the 2026 primary elections, as local boards of election officials can begin the process of opening, reviewing, and counting the mail-in ballots already received.
Just last week, the Maryland State Board of Elections began sending out replacement mail-in ballots after an error assigned hundreds of thousands of residents to the wrong political party.
ALSO READ | Maryland State Board of Elections starts sending out corrected mail-in ballots after error
The Board of Elections has pointed the finger at its vendor, Taylor Print and Visual Impressions, Inc., for this error, but members of Congress and political analysts say more answers are needed on how this happened.
“A mail-in ballot error like this only leads to people getting into more conspiracy theories, election rigging, back to the 2020 talk all over again,” said Political analyst John Dedie.
Just a few days ago, FOX News Digital posted an interview with Maryland’s Lieutenant Governor, asking for a response to President Donald Trump’s calls for the Department of Justice to investigate the state’s mail-in ballots.
ALSO READ | Maryland Freedom Caucus calls mail-in ballot error a crisis, urges federal audit of rolls
“The administration is a separate body from the board of elections,” said Maryland Lt. Governor Aruna Miller. “It happens, sometimes Ballots get mailed the wrong way. It happens almost in every election. So we’ll see what the investigation shows…I don’t think it was in malice, in any bad way that this happened. I think it was just error by the vendor.”
Meanwhile, at the latest Maryland State Board of Elections meeting, Maryland State Board of Elections Administrator Jared DeMarinis answered questions from board members if an outer investigation will take place following the election.
“We always do a lessons learned after every election,” said DeMarinis. “And this will be a part of our lessons learned, and we will, of course, be working with you know and getting more you know information about how to prevent this in the future, with it.”
DeMarinis adding…”we’ve been open and transparent about it. I don’t necessarily know what more of an investigation would shed light on.”
According to the Board, more than 500,000 voters requested mail-in ballots.
Without being able to identify who received the wrong party ballot, the board says all mail-in voters were sent replacements.
The Board is urging all voters to vote with the replacement ballot, adding safe guards are in place to ensure voting will not happen.
Since this error, a Congressional committee has reached out to the Board requesting a response by June 9th.
ALSO READ | Congressional committee members want answers about Maryland’s mail-in ballot mistake
FOX45 spoke with Republican Congressman Morgan Griffith of Virginia. Griffith said, “We will be keeping an eye on it because we have concerns we want to make sure that the federal elections, state folks can do whatever in the state or local elections, but in the federal elections it’s our job to make sure that voters are getting an opportunity to vote that they’re not being disenfranchised by some accident or intentional act.”
Political analysts also tell FOX45 that more answers are needed to ensure voter confidence.
“There needs to be more answers and possibly a hearing on this,” said Dedie. “Not wait till next year when they’re back in Annapolis after the election.
For now, anyone who has questions on this error and the next steps, the Board is urging you to contact them or go to their website.
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