Ladies’s soccer peppers Marist, settles for 1-1 draw
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – Binghamton girls’s soccer managed the second half with 14 photographs and quite a few scoring alternatives earlier than the Bearcats (1-1-1) needed to accept a 1-1 tie at Marist (0-1-2) Thursday night time at Tenney Stadium.
The Crimson Foxes struck first within the thirty third minute after a takeaway deep in BU’s protection led to a breakaway aim.
However after trailing 1-0 at half, the Bearcats turned up the offensive strain within the second half and tied it within the 57th minute. Seniors Olivia McKnight and Maya Anand mixed for the tally, Anand’s second of the season. McKnight did some good 1-on-1 work to the left of the aim and when she hit the endline, McKnight despatched a brief cross to the six, the place Anand beat her mark and tapped it into the web to even the sport at 1-1.
Binghamton produced a bunch of harmful possibilities within the sport’s remaining 20 minutes, a number of of which got here off the foot of Anand, who wound up with seven photographs – 4 on aim.
“We confirmed an excellent response after being a aim down at halftime,” head coach Neel Bhattacharjee stated. “Credit score Marist for his or her effort and ways within the first half. However our response with a few changes was terrific and we received an excellent aim out of it for the tie. We’re actually dissatisfied a few of the high quality possibilities did not lead to a game-winner, however Marist’s goalkeeper was excellent. Ultimately, we discovered we will come again and play with the power and spirit to match the tactical strategy to get a consequence. We’ll relaxation up from this hard-fought match and start to prep for the journey to Michigan State.”
For the third straight sport, BU splits its keeper duties. Senior Nicole Scott began and made 4 saves within the first half. Sophomore Kaitlyn Williams was known as on to make only one save over the ultimate 45 minutes.
The Bearcats completed the sport with a 19-17 edge in photographs – and put 10 photographs on aim.
Binghamton subsequent travels to East Lansing for a Sunday afternoon sport towards Large Ten member Michigan State.
