Minutewomen Fall To #3 Maryland, 4-1

Sept. 18, 2011

AMHERST, Mass. - No. 3 Maryland scored two unanswered second-half goals to turn what was a 2-1 game at halftime into a 4-1 victory for the Terrapins over UMass on Sunday afternoon at Garber Field. Kate Heineman scored the lone goal for the Minutewomen while Alesha Widdall made 11 saves in goal.

Heineman tallied her first goal of the season in the 17th minute when she knocked in the rebound of a Callie Sweigart shot off a penalty corner, pulling the Minutewomen within a goal, 2-1, the same margin the teams would take into halftime.

Alis McEvoy netted her first goal of the season in the 44th minute and Maxine Fluharty capped off the scoring in the 53rd minute to give the Terrapins the 4-1 win.

McEvoy's goal came off a blast from the top of the circle on a pass from Megan Frazer, and Fluharty's fourth of the year came on a sharp-angled shot that went off Widdall's pads and in.

Jill Witmer and Katie Gerzabek gave Maryland an early 2-0 lead with goals in the eighth and ninth minutes. Witmer's came off a penalty corner while Gerzabek got her sixth of the year on a pass from Witmer.

Widdall kept the Minutewomen in the game with 11 saves, one short of her season high.

Natalie Hunter made one stop in goal for the Terps, but received help with a pair of defensive saves by Hayley Turner and Colleen Gulick.

Shots were 26-8 in favor of the Terrapins while they also held the edge in penalty corners, 11-2.

UMass returns to action on Friday when it closes a four-game homestand with a 6 p.m. contest with Boston University at Garber Field.

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