Long Bridge Park/ Arlington, VA– Marymount Women's Soccer competed in their 3^rd game of the season and their 1^st game at home. The tie for the Saints will start the home game record with no losses on home turf.

This brings the Saints record to 0-2-1 with no losses conceded at home.  

NOTABLE

• Harkins, Breanna beat out the Gophers to be the first to shoot, having a shot on goal within the first minutes of the game. She also had a 2^nd shot that was just high in the 5^th minute of the game.
• Calvert, Jessica continued the attack with the 2^nd shot of the game during the 4^th minute of play. The shot was stopped by the Goucher goalie before it could make it to the bottom left corner of the goal.
• Morris, Minnie Furthered the Saints' offensive strikes with her 1^st shot of the game in the 14^th minute. The shot was stopped before it could make its way to the bottom right corner of the goal. Her 2^nd shot took place during the 66^th minute in the second half. Her 3^rd goal attempt was in the 77^th minute of play and was saved be the Gophers' goalie before it was able to pass over the goal line.
• Lanzas, Eliana took her 2^nd shot as a Saint in the 27^th minute of the first half. The goal attempt was stopped before it reached the bottom left corner of the goal.
• . Tonic, Marissa took her 1^st shot as a Saint. Tonic seized an opportunity with the goalie out of position, but the shot went just left of the goal.
• Gomez, Angela claimed her 1^st attempt at a goal for Marymount in the 56^th minute in the 2^nd half.
• Needham, Grace started in goal for the Saints and had 3 saves added to her record.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Saints' offense struck first with a goal attempt in the first minutes of the game to force Goucher's formation into a defensive stance to start the game.
• Marymount continued this aggressive offensive strategy with a second goal attempt in the fourth minute of play.
• The Saints carried this aggression into their defensive strategy as well, having multiple fouls caused by both offensive and defensive players in an attempt to keep the Gophers in their defensive third.
• The game became a back and forth between goal attempts made by the Saints and shots taken by the Gophers.
• Marymount had a total of 3 saves in goal while Goucher had a total of 7 saves in goal. The Saints were able to break through the Goucher defense to get to goal while the Marymount defense was able to minimize the opportunities given to the Goucher offense.
• The Saints continued to challenge the Goucher defense but were unable to get a goal past the Gophers' goalie. The Marymount defense was able to shut down every goal attempt made by the Gophers to keep them from scoring. This kept the game at no goals scored by either team.

UP NEXT

• Marymount will be at home on Saturday, Sept. 7^th , to compete against Stevenson University at Long Bridge Park with a 6pm start time.

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