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BALTIMORE- The 11th-ranked UMBC men's soccer team
tied a school record by extending its season-opening winning streak
to nine straight as the Retrievers got an overtime goal from junior
back Marquez Fernandez (Baltimore, Md./McDonogh) and edged visiting
George Washington, 2-1, before 1,578 fans at Retriever Soccer
Park.
With 7:29 to play in double overtime, Retriever junior
midfielder Mamadou Kansaye (Baltimore, Md./McDonogh) took a free
kick from 20 yards out on the right wing. His effort towards the
far post eluded GW goalkeeper J.P. van der Merwe and was chested in
by Fernandez on the back post.
"We have become the hunted, where we used to be the hunter,"
head coach Pete Caringi, Jr. said." That was a fired-up GW team
that played one of their best games all year. [But] we found a way
to do it. I am really proud of that."
After a scoreless first half, UMBC got on the board early in the
second stanza as senior midfielder Kadeem Dacres (Rosedale, N.Y.)
recorded his fourth goal of the season. Junior midfielder Stephen
Ho (North Potomac, Md./Wootton) beat his defender down the right
wing and sent a low cross into the box. The ball glanced off a GW
defender, and from the ground, Dacres, poked it past van der Merwe
to give the hosts a 1-0 adfvantage.
But the Colonials would equalize on their lone shot of the
second half. In the 61st minute, the Retriever defense attempted to
clear the ball, but GW senior midfielder Bailey Hinners chested at
the edge of the box. From the right post extended, Hinners hooked a
perfect strike just inside the far left post to knot the score.
The game remained tied throughout regulation and into the second
extra frame until Fernandez provided the hosts their second double
overtime victory of the campaign.
UMBC enjoyed a 18-4 advantage in shots and a 13-2 edge in corner
kicks. UMBC senior goalkeeper Phil Saunders (Perry Hall, Md./Perry
Hall) made one save on the evening, a diving stop on a Philip
McQuitty header in the 9th minute. Van der Merwe was credited with
three saves for the Colonials.
The 2009 Retrievers also started the campaign at 9-0-0. UMBC is
now undefeated in 18 consecutive games (15-0-3) dating back to the
2012 season.
High-powered Delaware visits UMBC in the Retrievers' next
contest on Tuesday, Oct. 1.
Notes: Fernandez' goal was his second of the season and both
have occurred in UMBC overtime victories… The nine-game
streak is one of two in school history that trails only the 13-game
run in the 1999 campaign… UMBC now leads the overall series,
8-4-3 and have won five straight.
