Richmond Falls In Final Minutes, 3-2 at Campbell

Friday, August 22

Buies Creek, N.C.

7:00 PM

University of Richmond

0-1-0

Campbell

1-0-0

Richmond

Campbell

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Box Score

By: Richmond Athletics

BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Richmond women's soccer took a pair of leads into its first game of the year at Campbell, but the Camels put home the game winner on a free kick with just over three minutes remaining from Ashley Hartert to edge the Spiders 3-2 Friday night to open the 2014 college soccer season.

The free kick, from about 22 yards out, just grazed under the crossbar to kick in and give the Camels the home victory.

“I'm angry about the result, but I am proud of the way our team played and their resiliency and the way we attacked the net and possessed the ball tonight,” said UR head coach Peter Albright.

“We made some bad defensive errors in just a few spots and it cost us the game. I like the way our team is angry about the loss and I appreciate the way they came to work today and the way they have trained hard over the past few weeks.”

Eakes Athletics Complex // Buies Creek, N.C.
		1st	2nd		Final
	Richmond (0-1)	1	1	--	2
	Campbell (1-0)	1	2	--	3
Scoring Summary
UR - Aha (1), from Williams, 17'
CU - Clark (1), from Connolly, 29'
UR - Riefner (1), unassisted, 46'
CU - M. Hartert (1), from Ormsby, 67'
CU - A. Hartert (1), direct kick, 87'

The Spiders got on the board first in the 17^th minute when freshman Olivia Aha (Norfolk, Massachusetts) scored her first collegiate goal from the top of the goal box on a pass from senior

captain Ashley Williams for the 1-0 lead.

Campbell was able to tie the game eight minutes later on a breakaway when Ashley Clark got a goal to the far post after a pass from Nicole Connolly in the 29^th minute and the 1-1 score held to the half.

Richmond dominated possession in the first half, with 12 shots to Campbell's two and the only two corners in the period. Campbell made three goal saves, while Richmond keeper Lisa Hozey (Columbia, South Carolina) only faced one shot on goal in the first 45 minutes.

The Spiders again too the lead to open the second half, with junior Ashley Riefner (Mechanicsville, Virginia / Atlee HS) scoring just 15 seconds into the second half on a shot from the top of the box and a 2-1 margin.

Campbell was more offensive in the second half, getting nine shots and forcing five saves by Hozey. The Camels were able to level the game again off a Hozey save of a header by Payto

n Ormsby that was collected and scored from Marissa Hartert in the 67^th minute from ten yards out, before the game winner came 20 minutes later.

The Spiders posted 21 shots to Campbell's 11 and eight corner kicks to two in the contest.

Richmond played 17 team members, with only five players logging the entire 90 minutes on the pitch.

The Spiders will continue this seven-game road swing to start the season Sunday evening, with a 6 p.m. contest at Longwood.

NOTES: Of Campbell's 11 shots, eight were taken by Clark… Richmond had seven players take a shot, with five taking more than one shot… Riefner led the squad with seven shots, four of which were on goal.