marini vs. gwu
Nancy Kiner
1
VMI VMI (0-7-1, 0-0-0)
2
Winner George Washington GWU (3-2-2, 0-0-0)
VMI VMI
(0-7-1, 0-0-0)
1
Final
2
George Washington GWU
(3-2-2, 0-0-0)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
VMI VMI 1 0 1
George Washington GWU 2 0 2

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

Keydets battle, fall to Revs in DC

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Despite cutting the deficit to one goal after falling behind 2-0, the VMI women's soccer team could not quite complete the rally as host George Washington escaped with a 2-1 victory Thursday afternoon at GW Soccer Field in Washington, D.C.
 
VMI sophomore Madeline Karsonovich scored her first career goal at VMI in the 24th minute (23:59) when she took a cross from freshman Mackenzie Hobik and sent it home to cut the deficit to 2-1 midway through the opening half.
 
Game Summary
*George Washington's Kate McGrath put the Revs up early in the eighth minute of the match (7:55) when she took a pass from Amelia Booth and snuck it past VMI keeper Leslie Surita-Perez
*The Revs' Kalia Kau earned the game-winning goal in the 16th minute (15:05) when she took a cross from Booth and knocked it past Surita-Perez for a quick 2-0 lead
*Karsonovich put the Keydets on the board with her goal to initiate the VMI rally
 
Key Stats
*The Revs earned 25 shot attempts during the match and had 11 corner kick opportunities
*In a complete match, VMI keeper Leslie Surita-Perez earned nine saves on the day while GWU keeper Kate Silverstein earned one
*Junior Paige Becker led the Keydets with two shots on the afternoon while six others had one
*Booth led the Revs with six shots throughout the match while McGrath accounted for three. Six others had a pair of shots during the contest
 
Up Next
The Keydets return home to Patchin Field to face visiting Saint Francis (Pa.) Sunday at 2 p.m.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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