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Minutewomen Play To Scoreless Draw Against Maine
August 29, 2008 | Women's Soccer
Aug. 29, 2008
SOUTH BERWICK, Maine - Behind the first career shutout of junior goalkeeper Lauren Luckey, the UMass women's soccer team played to a scoreless draw with Maine on Friday afternoon at Marshwood High School. The Minutewomen are now 0-1-1 on the season, while the Black Bears sit at 1-0-1.
Kaitlin MacIsaac took the first shot of the game for Maine nine minutes into the contest. The ball was headed for the right corner of the goal, but was promptly grabbed by Luckey.
UMass countered with a shot on net by junior Katie Ruggles at 13:46, while senior Vanessa Patry took the team's second and final attempt of the period in the 22nd minute.
Pace picked up at the start of the second as Black Bears' leading scorer Laura Martel found herself in one-on-one with Luckey on the right side of the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot was quickly covered by the Minutewomen's netminder.
Then at 66:14, Kelsey Anderson sent a dangerous ball from long range for the Minutewomen in towards the top of the Maine goal. However, goalkeeper Jasmine Philips leapt to get a hand on the ball, knocking it off the crossbar and out of harm's way.
"Although we certainly didn't want a tie, we'll gladly accept it rather than the overtime loss of last week," said UMass Head Coach Jim Rudy. "Jasmine Phillips was the difference in the game with one full stretch dive and catch and a flying touch-over that most keepers would have been clearly beaten on. I'm happy with the evolution of our team in terms of defense and midfield in that we really didn't allow many quality chances today. Sometimes I have to keep reminding myself that we're new in many different positions from last year."
The Black Bears finished the contest with eight shots to the Minutewomen's six, with four coming in the opening period. Luckey tallied seven saves in net for Massachusetts, while Phillips made four stops for Maine. Corner kicks were 7-5 in favor of UMass and fouls were 8-6 against the Minutewomen.
UMass will return to action on Thursday, Sept. 4, when the team will play host to New Hampshire in the season opener at 4:30 p.m. on Rudd Field.
