The UMBC women's soccer team (4-4-2, 1-2-0 America East) hosts first-place UMass Lowell (6-3-1, 3-0-0 AE) in an America East match-up at Retriever Soccer Park on Sunday afternoon.
The match gets underway at 2:00 p.m. and will be broadcast on the America East digital network.
UMBC freshman midfielder Izzy BInko (Selbyville, Del.) scored her first collegiate goal to knot the score early in the second half, but host Binghamton responded three times and defeated the Retrievers, 4-1, at the Bearcats Sports Complex on Thursday evening.
The Retrievers have dropped back-to-back games for the first time in the fall of 2021.
HONORED:
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Freshman defender Lauren Reid (Denver, Colo.) earned America East Conference Defender of the Week honors on Sept. 19.
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Freshman goalkeeper Abbey Cowles (Colts Neck, N.J.) earned America East Conference Defender of the Week and co-Rookie of the Week honors for games ending Sept. 12.
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Junior forward Juliana Rafaniello (Old Bridge, N.J.) took home the first America East Conference Offensive Player of the Week honor after Week 1 of the campaign.
NOTABLE:
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Rafaniello leads the squad with four goals and nine total points. She has netted the game-winning goal in three of four Retriever wins this season and stands third in America East in GWG per game.
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Junior midfielder Carolyn Koutsos (Boyds, Md./Good Counsel) has added three goals for UMBC and is sixth in the league with 1.40 shots on goal per game.
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Sophomore midfielder Grace Harvey (Gaithersburg, Md./Gaithersburg), who notched the GWG at Maine, has scored twice for the Retrievers this fall.
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Freshman goalkeeper Isy Davy (Bungenbore, NSW, Australia) saw her first action since the 2021 season opener, going the distance and making a season-high seven saves versus the Bearcats.
A GLANCE AT THE RIVER HAWKS:
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UMass Lowell (6-3-1, 3-0-0 AE) is the lone unblemished team in the conference and stands alone in first place just shy of the midway point.
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The River Hawks have won three straight games, all in league play, including Thursday evening's 2-1 win at UNH. Emily Nelson scored on a first half penalty kick and leading scorer Ioanna Papatheodorou extended the lead to 2-0 in the 88'. UNH scored a minute later to finalize the scoring.
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Papatheodorou leads the conference with seven goals and has four game-winners.
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Goalkeeper Lisa Sjogren has permitted only six goals in six games thus far. She has three shutouts and the defense has made life relatively easy, allowing only 28 shots on goal in her six starts.
SERIES NOTES:
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This will be the eighth meeting between UMass Lowell and UMBC, with the River Hawks holding a 5-2-0 lead and a four-game winning streak in the series.
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In October of 2019, current graduate student Erin Stevenson (Sellersville, Pa.) scored UMBC's lone goal in a 4-1 setback to UML at Cushing Field in the last meeting.
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UMBC's last win was a 2-0 triumph in Lowell in 2015. Their other win occurred the previous season, a 3-1 triumph at Retriever Soccer Park.
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