Spiders' Comeback bid Falls Short Against Saint Joseph’s Sunday Afternoon

Sunday, September 17

Richmond, Va.

2 p.m.

University of Richmond

2-5-3, 0-2-0

Saint Joseph's

1-5-4, 1-0-1

Saint Joseph's

Richmond

Spiders' Comeback bid Falls Short Against Saint Joseph’s Sunday Afternoon

09/17/2023 | Women's Soccer

Box Score

RICHMOND, Va. – After conceding a goal in the 56^th minute, the Spider offense responded with two goals within three minutes, but the opposition would tack on two more goals as the University of Richmond Women's Soccer team dropped its second Atlantic 10 Conference match of the season, 3-2, against Saint Joseph's Sunday afternoon at home. With the loss, the Spiders fell to 2-5-3 overall and 0-2 in conference play while the Hawks improved to 1-5-4 and 1-0-1 in the A-10.

GOALS
'56 – SJU: Chloe Khelil (unassisted)
'59 – UR: Emma Shields (assist by Molly Wierman)
'62 – UR: Casey Merz (assist by Molly Wierman)
'77 – SJU: Maddie Anderson (assist by Natalee Vicari, Natalie Nevins)
'82 – Maddie Anderson (assist by Natalee Vicari, Sam Dumont)

HOW IT HAPPENED
After a scoreless first half, the Hawks broke the deadlock after a free kick was sent into the box. The Hawks got a foot on the ball and sent it into the right corner past keeper Taylor Montague for the opening goal. In the 59^th minute, Molly Wierman had a dangerous shot on goal, which bounced off the SJU keeper and found the foot of Emma Shields, who slotted it into the back of the net for the equalizer. Three minutes later, in the 62^nd minute, Casey Merz scored the go-ahead goal for the Spiders off of a header from a corner kick sent in by Wierman.

The Hawks would respond and tie the game at two in the 77^th minute, and capitalize on the game winning goal in the 82^nd minute following long periods of possession in the Spider defensive half.

NOTES ON THE GAME

Emma Shields recorded her third career goal, first of the season.
Casey Merz recorded her debut collegiate goal.
Molly Wierman posted her 10^th and 11^th career assists and first assists of the season.
Taylor Montague recorded two saves through six shots.
Richmond recorded seven shots in the match, four on goal.
Shields paced the team with two shots.
Montague, Caitlin Sutton, Elle Dziadzio, Hannah Antonick and Casey Merz played the full 90 minutes.
The series record with the Hawks moved to 8-9-1.
The Hawks picked up a yellow card in the 15^th minute.

FROM HEAD COACH Adam Denton
"We created some good opportunities, but we gave away sloppy goals. The most disappointing thing was that we were up late at home and saw two late goals in what a really important game was. It was a little bit of déjà vu as we had the same thing happen last week against Charlotte in our last non-conference game. We have to learn quickly since it's a short season and it's a tough league."

UP NEXT
The Spiders continue conference play on Thursday as the team plays host to George Mason at 4:30 p.m. at President's Field. Following the match with the Patriots the team will travel to Philadelphia for a match against La Salle on Sept. 24 at 1 p.m.