Spiders Notch First Season-Opening win Since 2016 over Longwood

Thursday, August 17

Farmville, Va.

7 p.m.

University of Richmond

1-0-0, 0-0-0

Longwood

0-1-0, 0-0-0

Richmond

Longwood

Spiders Notch First Season-Opening win Since 2016 over Longwood

08/17/2023 | Women's Soccer

Box Score

FARMVILLE, Va. – The University of Richmond Women's Soccer team opened the 2023 season with a thrilling 1-0 win over Longwood Thursday night on the road. The victory marked the first season-opening win since 2016 and the first regular-season victory under the new direction of Head Coach Adam Denton. With the win, the Spiders move to 1-0 on the young season while the Lancers fell to 0-1.

GOALS
9' – UR: Molly Wierman (assisted by Hannah Antonick)

HOW IT HAPPENED
After back-and-forth possession through the first five minutes, senior Hannah Antonick played in a second-chance ball against the run of play, which found the foot of graduate Molly Wierman. Wierman lined up the shot and netted the goal past Lancer keeper Mary Kate Levush.

NOTES ON THE GAME

The Victory for Richmond marks the first season-opening win since 2016, where Richmond again defeated the Lancers 3-0 in Farmville.

The all-time series against the Lancers improved to 7-3-3 in favor of the Spiders.
Wierman netted her eighth goal of her career, first of the season. Wierman last scored in the 2022 season against Delaware at home on Aug. 28, 2022. She also led the team with three shots, all on frame, against the Lancers.
Antonick posted her second career assist, first of the season.
Senior Taylor Montague recorded her ninth shutout of her career, first of the season.
Freshmen Sydney Bortz and Gwen Howell recorded their first collegiate starts and played 44 and 90 minutes, respectfully. Freshman Cameryn Sicard also made her collegiate debut and played 19 minutes.
Senior Casey Merz was the second Spider to play all 90 minutes, alongside Howell.
Longwood outshot Richmond 11-7, while the Spiders narrowly edged the Lancers, 4-2, in shots on goal.
Longwood recorded five corner kicks while Richmond posted two.

FROM HEAD COACH ADAM DENTON
"It was an intense first game. The first game is always full of nerves for both teams, and it's obviously more difficult on the road. We scored against the run of play. I don't think we started the game particularly well, which was disappointing, but the goal settled us down a little bit. We didn't possess the ball as well as we should have and we needed to win a lot more second-chance balls."

UP NEXT
The Spiders will play host to Nevada on Sunday Aug. 20 at 1 p.m. at President's Field for the 2023 home opener.