Longwood (0-1-0) at UMBC (1-0-0) | Sunday, Aug. 20, 4:00 p.m. | Retriever Soccer Park | Watch | Live Stats


DAWG BYTES
- The "Rick Stainton Era" began with a bang as the UMBC women's soccer team blanked Kutztown, 2-0, on Thursday evening at Retriever Soccer Park.
 
- Freshman forward Payton Schenning, Maryland's 2022 Gatorade Girls Player of the Year, headed in the game-winner just two minutes into her career off a gorgeous corner kick into the box from graduate student Lola Negrete. Kutztown netminder Cassandra Baker previously made a diving save to her left off a shot by Negrette but the ball was punched over the crossbar and resulted in the corner.
 
- The Retrievers got an insurance marker in the '70 when freshman striker Cheyenne Payne tapped in a feed from junior midfielder Bella Roppolo from five yards out.
 
- UMBC controlled much of the play as they outshot the Golden Bears by a 21-6 margin. The Retrievers also attempted seven corners compared to three by the visitors.
 
- UMBC goalie Abbey Cowles was steady in net and made four saves.
 
- Junior midfielder Izzy Binko fired a game-high five shots while reserve midfielder Kimmie Herritt added four attempts.
 
A GLANCE AT THE Lancers
- Longwood outshot Richmond and controlled large swaths of the match on opening night, but an early Richmond goal proved to be the difference in a 1-0 game on Thursday evening.
 
- Molly Wierman struck on a corner in the 10th minute for the Spiders (1-0), and the Lancers (0-1) did everything but get the final touch in the back of the net.
 
-The Lancers were the aggressors for much of the match and took 11 shots to only seven for their in-state rivals.
 
-Longwood battled back, and seven different players recorded shots for the Lancers. Late in the first half, Alex Dinger lofted a soft cross to the penalty spot that was just inches away from Madison Fitzpatrick.
 
- After halftime, the Lancers kept applying pressure. Over the first 15 minutes, the Lancers again controlled the tempo and lived around the goal. Karleigh Minson finished the night with four shots, including one from the top of the 18 that just sailed wide.
 
- Late in the match, Kiersten Yuhas had a wonderful chance after a quick-strike counterattack by Longwood. The senior had the ball in the box and ripped it to the corner, but a Spider defender was in the right place at the right time to save it off the line.
 
Inside the Series
 - UMBC trails, 2-4-2.
 
- Longwood defeated UMBC by a 4-1 score last season in Farmville, Virginia. The Lancers broke open a 1-1 halftime deadlock by scoring three unanswered goals in the second half. The goals came during a span of four minutes. Sophomore Delainey Varela-Keen scored for the Dawgs off an assist from Lola Negrete in the 8th minute.
 
- The two teams played to a 0-0 deadlock in Baltimore during the 2021 season.