Women's Soccer Opens 2026 Campaign with Pair of Home Contests this Week

Retrievers Take on Mount St. Mary's and American

UMBC opens the season with five straight home contests at Retriever Soccer Park.
The Retrievers' six wins in 2025 were the most since the 2016 campaign.
The 19 goals allowed last season were the fewest in a season (not including the shortened COVID season in 2020).
Rising sophomore midfielder Zoe Brossman was named to the America East All-Rookie Team after scoring three goals and adding three helpers last season.
Senior forward Payton Schenning is the team's leading returning scorer (4 goals, 3 assists).
Junior Amara Codd is expected to start in goal after making three appearances last season.
The Dawgs welcome seven freshmen to the fold in 2026.

About the Mount

Mount St. Mary's went 3-12-2 (1-9-2 Metro) under first-year head coach Liis Abbott last season.
The Mountaineers were outscored by a combined total of 44-14 in 2025.
Rising senior forward Cassidy Nichols led the team in scoring with four goals and two assists.
Returners Joelle Hamel, Taylor Simmons, and Josie Stockett each produced a pair of goals.
Abby Makela started 16 games in goal in her freshman season and recorded a 2.40 goals-against average along with a .718 save percentage.

Inside The Series

The Retrievers are 17-5-0 all-time against Mount St. Mary's.
The Dawgs are a perfect 8-0 versus the Mount in Baltimore.
In their last meeting on September 18, 2024, UMBC scored two second-half goals to defeat the Mountaineers 2-1 at Retriever Soccer Park.

About American

The Eagles finished 3-10-4 (3-5-1, Patriot) last season.
American was outscored 30-14.
Phil Casella was selected as the new head coach last December following nine seasons at Wagner.
Junior forward Nariah Goldman is the team's leading returning scorer with four points (two goals).
Goalies Addison Zerkle and Riley Molbury have never played at the collegiate level.

Inside The Series

The Retrievers trail the all-time series with American, 7-15-3.
UMBC is 3-7-2 against the Eagles in Baltimore.
The squads played to a 1-1 draw last season in Washington D.C.
Graduate midfielder Misa Kasparcova scored in the 36^th minute to give the Retrievers a 1-0 advantage; however, Avery Klingensmith equalized in the 61^st minute.