Spiders Suffer First League Loss, 1-0 At GW

Sunday, October 19

Washington, D.C.

3:30 PM

University of Richmond

8-6-2, 2-1-2 A-10

George Washington

10-3-1, 3-1-1 A-10

Richmond

George Washington

10/19/2014 | Women's Soccer

Box Score

By: Richmond Athletics

Richmond soccer suffered its first Atlantic 10 Conference defeat of the season, falling 1-0 in its last road game of the season at George Washington Sunday afternoon at the GW Soccer Field.

Richmond slips to 8-6-2 overall, 2-1-2 in the A-10. George Washington passed Richmond in the standings by improving to 10-3-1, 3-1-1 in conference.

“We played extremely well today,” said head coach Peter Albright.

“Our forwards and back line played well. This one was a head-scratcher in that we played winning soccer, but just didn't win. We had field position, possession and chances and lots of corners. We had to adjust to their midfield shape, but came up with shots where we wanted them.”

GW Soccer Field // Washington, D.C.
		1st	2nd	Final
	Richmond (8-6-2, 2-1-2)	0	0	0
	George Washington (10-3-1, 3-1-1)	1	0	1
Scoring Summary
GW - Abbate (3), unassisted, 28'

The Spiders also had their streak of not allowing a goal ended at 364:06 when the Colonials were able to counter off a missed penalty kick by the Spiders. GW keeper Miranda Horn dove to her right and got a hand on the PK and saved the sure goal in the 27^th minute and the Colonials were able to build to a goal in the 28^th minute by Kristi Abbate, who scored off a saved shot which deflected out to her for the score on the low far post.

The Spiders out shot the Colonials 15-6 in the game and had nine corner kicks to two for GW.

Richmond keeper Katie Brennan (Farifield, Connecticut) took her first collegiate loss (3-1-2), while Horn was credited with the shutout to improve to 9-3-1.

Richmond will finish the season with three straight home games, starting next Saturday night against Dayton, with kickoff at 7 p.m. at Robins Stadium.