Late Goal Sinks Women's Soccer On Thursday Night

Thursday, September 12

Pittsburgh, PA

7 PM

Pitt

3-3-1

VCU

5-1-1

VCU

Pittsburgh

Photo by: Alex Mowrey/Pitt Athletics

Late Goal Sinks Women's Soccer On Thursday Night

9/12/2019 10:20:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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PITTSBURGH – The University of Pittsburgh women's soccer team dropped their first home match of the 2019 season on Thursday night as the VCU Rams handed the Panthers a 1-0 loss at Ambrose Urbanic Field.

THE BASICS

Score: Pittsburgh 0, VCU 1
Records: Pittsburgh (3-3-1, 0-0-0 ACC), VCU (5-1-1, 0-0-0 A10)
VCU Goal Scorer: Samantha Jerabek (1)
VCU Assist: Karen Lohrmann (1)
Location: Pittsburgh, PA | Ambrose Urbanic Field
Attendance: 268

STARTING LINEUPS

Pittsburgh: Caitlyn Lazzarini, Mackenzie Edwards, Hollie Olding, Juliana Vazquez, Margret Arnadottir, Amanda West, Cheyenne Hudson, Anna Bout, Athalie Palomo, Kate McKay, Marisa Tava
VCU: Grace Young, Emma Kershner, Ingrid Brouwer, Alyssa Tallent, Samantha Jerabek, Tori Browne, Susanna Friedrichs, Lyndsey Gutzmer, Amanda Tredway, Karen Lohrmann, Lana Golob,

HOW IT HAPPENED

VCU was able to record the first shot of the match in the 5^th minute as Susanna Friedrichs ripped a hard shot over the top of the cage.
Two minutes later, Caitlyn Lazzarini made her first stop of the game off the foot of Lana Golob.
Anna Rico had a great scoring chance in the 35^th minute as she beat her defender to the inside and ripped a low hard shot that just missed the lower left corner of the VCU goal.
The Panthers opened the second half strong as Anna Bout had her shot snagged by the VCU keeper to keep the game scoreless in the 48^th minute.
Lazzarini made back-to-back saves in the 59^th minute of play as Emma Kershner flicked a header on goal and took a shot from 10 yards out but the freshman was up to the tests.
The Rams broke through with the would-be game-winning goal in the 79^th minute as Karen Lohrmann send a beautiful cross into the box where Samantha Jerabek headed home her first goal of the season.
Pressing for the game-tying goal in the 87^th minute, Aideen O'Donoghue had a great chance but her right-footed shot soared just over the goal and out of play.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

The Panthers are now 15-15-1 all-time against Atlantic 10 opponents including 1-5-0 against VCU.
The loss marks the Panthers first home loss of the season.
The Rams held the 17-5 edge in shots while the corner kicks were tied, 4-4.
The Panthers had five players record a shot each while Kershner led all players with four shots in the game.
Caitlyn Lazzarini finished off her first career loss with three saves while her counterpart Grace Young finished with two saves in the shutout.

UP NEXT

The Panthers will now hit the road for their final non-conference match of the season on Sunday afternoon as they head to Liberty to take on the Flames at 1:00 pm.

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