West Hartford, Connecticut – The UMass Lowell River Hawks (2-4-2, 0-0-0 AE) and the Hartford Hawks (5-1-1, 0-0-0 CC) were tied 1-1 at the Al-Marzook field in the west. played. Hartford on a Sunday afternoon.
graduate student Dunya Mostalak (Belgrade, Serbia) scored the only goal for the Riverhawks, her first goal of the season. Chaima Kammer (Cologne, Germany) Recorded an assist in the equalizer in the second half. Sophomore Ioana Papateodorou (Nea Erythraia, Greece) Marissa Saucedo (Ventura, CA) Added 2 shots each. Freshman Bara Belankova (Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic) made her second straight start with a goal for the River Hawks. The rookie made four saves and allowed one goal.
“I think we weren’t doing very well in the first half and we were lackluster,” said the head coach. Mira Novak“We let the top scorer in the country win in transition. But today’s result is not the standard they set. ”
The River Hawks got the game off to a good start and controlled the pace of play with plenty of possessions. Hartford’s backline came under pressure early on, but UMass Lowell was unable to create a truly dangerous threat on the net.Junior Chloe Rain (Wrentham, MA), graduate student Emily Nelson (Peabody, MA) and Ioana Papateodorou It was connected with a splendid build-up play, but I couldn’t take a goal here either.Nelson’s shot from outside his 15 areath 1 minute was the best chance the Riverhawks created in the opening 20 minutes.
Hartford broke deadlock at 29th After Imani Jenkins drove the left wing, he cut inside his right foot and shot into the corner towards goal to give the hosts the lead. Following the goal, the Hawks found their rhythm and created another great chance for Jenkins to go over the bar. at 31st minute, Quilty Craig A best chance at half as Cross found a freshman in the box. Craig’s shot went for the corner but his Hartford goalkeeper went over the crossbar. The Hawks took a 1-0 lead at halftime.
The second half started like the first, with the Riverhawks in control of the ball.Papateodorou got a chance on 55th But I saw her close-range heading saved. For UMass Lowell, 70th A minute when the possession spell moved the visitor to the offensive third. Marissa Saucedo Found a space with 72 penalty markersnd minute, but a diving Hartford defender blocked the shot in the corner.
In 1984, Parity finally came to the River Hawks.th Minute after Dunya Mostalak hid a free kick from Chaima Kammer First season for her. UMass Lowell’s goal came to life and away his team pushed into his line again for Hartford’s back. The Riverhawks had another chance in the closing stages, but the game ended in a 1-1 draw for him.
“I have to take a full week off before Dartmouth and then I have a few days until the conference games,” added Novak. “We will fix some things, try to get a better start and not miss any chances.”
UMass Lowell will have a week off before Sunday, September 18th at Dartmouth. Kickoff is scheduled for 3pm at Cushing Field.
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