Box Score
BALTIMORE- Junior forward Pete Caringi
(Perry Hall, Md./Calvert Hall) scored in the
32nd minute and junior goalkeeper Phil
Saunders (Perry Hall, Md./Perry Hall) made a career-high
eight saves, but visiting VCU evened the game on a penalty kick and
the teams battled to a 1-1 double overtime draw at Retriever Soccer
Park.
The game was the first of two in the annual Holiday Inn Express
BWI Classic. The Retrievers will meet Robert Morris on Saturday,
while VCU takes on Navy in Annapolis. The Midshipmen defeated the
Colonials, 2-0, in action this evening.
UMBC is now 0-0-2 in the early going, while VCU's record is
1-0-2. The game was played before an enthusiastic crowd of 1,085 in
warm conditions in Baltimore.
After a 0-0 double overtime draw against Radford on Saturday,
the Retrievers broke through in the first half vs. the Rams. Senior
midfielder Milo Kapor (Toronto, Ont./Emily Carr)
corralled the ball in the middle of the field and sent sophomore
back Jordan
Becker (Pocomoke, Md./Pocomoke) down the left wing.
Becker's left-footed cross found Caringi a step outside the
six-yard box and the striker skimmed a header beyond the reach of
Ram netminder Andrew Wells for his 11th career
goal.
Less than four minutes into the second half, VCU knotted the
game at 1-1. The Retrievers were called for a hand-ball at the far
left edge of the box on an attempted VCU cross and Ram freshman
back Dennis Castillo beat Saunders from the spot to the netminder's
left.
VCU, which outshot UMBC, 23-11, threatened several times in the
final 20 minutes, but could not get the go-ahead goal. Junior
forward Jason Johnson hit the crossbar in the
70th minute and had his attempt in the
76th minute saved by Saunders. Saunders made his
best stop of the night on a redirection by Castillo from close
range in the 85th minute.
The Retrievers had three of the four overtime shots and the
closest effort occurred in the 106th minute, when
UMBC sophomore defender Oumar Ballo's
(Baltimore, Md./CCBC-Essex/Archbishop
Curley)10-yard shot off a Kapor corner kick was blocked
away by a VCU defender.
Johnson led all players with five shots, while three of Kapor's
four attempts were on goal. Wells made five saves for the
visitors.
The draw was UMBC's first-ever result with VCU, which leads the
series, 3-0-1. The 0-0-2 start is the first-ever in
UMBC's 27-year Division I soccer history.
