Maryland women’s soccer suffers double overtime defeat in first road game of season at Purdue
(Photo Courtesy of Maryland Athletics.)
The Terrapins lost their showtime road game of the season in heartbreaking style.
After coming back from 1-0 down to lead two-ane late, Purdue scored a late goal to transport the game to overtime before scoring the winner in double OT.
The Boilermakers got off to a perfect beginning, when redshirt junior forward Sarah Griffith scored 30 seconds into the match.
"It was a rough start," Maryland head coach Ray Leone said. "To go burned on a quick counter 30 seconds in is not the manner to outset any Big Ten game."
The Terps tied information technology up in the 19th minute through inferior midfielder Loren Sefcik, assisted by senior forrad Mikayla Dayes.
The first half concluded 1-1, with Purdue holding the advantage in shots 8-5 over Maryland. The Terps scored on 1 of their only ii shots on target in the opening 45 minutes.
Purdue continued to pressure the Terps early in the 2nd half, with redshirt junior forward Sarah Griffith and sophomore defender Chloe Woodbeck both hitting the batten within vi minutes of each other.
The Terrapins scored what looked to be the game winning goal in the 81st minute, when sophomore forward Keyera Wynn headed in a corner taken by senior midfielder Hope Lewandoski. Lewandoski was one of the standout performers for Leone and played all 102 minutes of the lucifer.
"Lew was unbelievable tonight," Leone said. "I desire to see what the GPS tracker says, it probably says x miles, and it was x miles of sprinting."
Notwithstanding, the Terps who had some tardily magic themselves in their previous game against Michigan State, conceded a corner in the last 10 seconds. Freshman midfielder Emily Mathews crossed information technology in to sophomore defender Chloe Woodbeck, who scored to make 2-two with only one second remaining, sending the game to overtime.
After a first overtime menstruum in which both teams combined for one shot, Purdue scored the game-winning goal after freshman Nicole Kevdzija got in behind the Terps defence force and rounded the keeper earlier finishing in the 102nd minute.
While Maryland will experience frustrated by the loss after leading with only a second to go in the game, the Terps were outshot 24-8 by Purdue'south unabridged team. They were also outshot alone past Purdue's redshirt junior forward Sarah Griffith, who had 10 shots in the game. Leone said that the team needs to play faster.
"The choices we're making in possession are just turning in to more work for u.s.," Leone said "And when you oasis't played a game in and then long… we're going to take to learn as we go. Now we've got some real footage to say what they can exercise in each situation."
Despite the event, Leone could however take positives from the game.
"The fight in this team is really promising, even in overtime, their heart was taken out of them [by the late goal] and they still had chances," Leone said. "We've just got to put this game backside us as fast as we tin can."
The Terrapins were also clinical with their chances, scoring twice despite only having iii shots on target the unabridged game.
After a tough loss, the Terps will now travel to Evanston to take on Northwestern on Sunday at 1pm on BTN+, before returning home to play Ohio State on March 4.
Source: http://wmucsports.net/maryland-womens-soccer-suffers-double-overtime-defeat-in-first-road-game-of-season-at-purdue/
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