
Keiser Women: Wilmington Claws Ahead of Seahawks in Tightly Contested Finish
Written by Lee Roggenburg on . Posted in Uncategorized.
via press release – photo via Keiser web site
Game Information
Score: Keiser 8, Wilmington 11
Records: Keiser (0-3), Wilmington (1-1)
Location: Patch Reef Park, Boca Raton, Fla.
Attendance: 55
Weather: 75 and breezy
Keiser Highlights
- Maria Johnson scored a team-high three goals in Monday’s loss, meanwhile Jordan Sullivan scored two goals and recorded one assist in her season debut.
- Mary Reich finished the contest with 15 saves which is a new season and career high for the sophomore keeper out of Maryland.
- Wilmington struck first in the opening 38 seconds as La’Dae Boykin provided the Wildcats with the early 1-0 lead.
- The Seahawks rebounded to score consecutive goals to claim the 2-1 advantage.
- Both Keiser goals were scored 26 seconds apart as Maria Johnson and Tabetha Fike each found the back of the net early on.
- Wilmington answered with two goals of its own to reclaim the 3-2 advantage with 18:54 left in the first half.
- Sullivan, making her season debut, knotted the contest at 3-3 with 17:02 remaining in the opening half.
- The Wildcats went on to score three of the final four first-half goals to take the 6-4 advantage into the half as Frankie Parshall netted the final Keiser goal of the opening half.
- Both squads traded goals to open the second half as Johnson cut the deficit in half but Boykin extended the Wilmington lead back to two.
- The Seahawks went on a 3-0 run over a six-minute span to claim the 8-7 advantage with 14:10 remaining in regulation.
- The Keiser run was sparked by Sullivan’s second goal of the game and was capped off by Amanda Hartman‘s first goal of the season.
- Despite the late lead, Keiser yielded four goals in the final eight minutes to fall to the Wildcats, 11-8.