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BALTIMORE- The UMBC women's soccer team scored twice in a
six-minute span in the first half and went on to blank visiting
Howard, 3-0, at Retriever Soccer Park.
The Retrievers (3-2-2) extend their unbeaten streak to three,
while Howard failed to win back-to-back games for the second time
in 2013 and slipped to 2-3-1.
Red-shirt junior forward Jessy Brown
(Plantation, Fla./American Heritage) scored her first collegiate
goal and it turned out to be the game-winner in the 33rd
minute. Classmate Lilly Rydon
(Stirling, South Australia) and sophomore Alexa Quaranta
(Baltimore, Md./Perry Hall) each recorded their second strikes of
the season, as UMBC hit the three-goal mark for the first time
since a 5-0 win at St. Peter's on August 31 of last season.
Freshman forward Victoria
Burress (Bristow, Va./Patriot), who scored her first collegiate
goal in Tuesday's 1-1 draw at Loyola, contributed a pair of assists
in the contest.
UMBC dominated time of possession and outshot the visitors,
15-1, for the contest. Retriever senior goalkeeper Lauren Kadet
(Oakville, Ont./St. Thomas Acquinas) earned the victory
without posting a save, while Howard junior netminder Kyra
Dickinson tallied six stops for the Bison.
The Retrievers broke on top late in the first half, as Burress
found Brown just inside the Bison box area. Brown wheeled, eluded a
defender, took one touch and hit a left-footed shot from 11 yards
out beyond the reach of Dickinson and into the far right corner of
the net.
Rydon took advantage of a failed HU clear in the 39th
minute, as she picked off a square pass at the 13-yard line,
wheeled and knocked home a shot to Dickinson's right.
UMBC put the game away early in the second half. In the
53rd minute, Burress broke in with Quaranta on the right
side and slotted a short pass to her adjacent teammate. Quaranta
gathered the pass, and from 10 yards out, tucked a shot into the
lower left corner of the net.
The Retrievers play game No. 2 in the current three-game
homestand on Sunday, when they host Bucknell at 1:00 p.m.
Notes: The Retrievers improved to 11-0-0 all-time vs.
Howard…UMBC reached the three-win mark through seven games
for the first time since 2006.
