Dukes Drop Heartbreaker in Season Opener

Thursday, August 16

Harrisonburg, Va.

7 p.m.

James Madison University

0-1

Dayton

1-0

Dayton

James Madison

8/16/2018 11:22:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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HARRISONBURG, Va. - Dayton scored a pair of goals in the final 11 minutes of play on Thursday evening to hand James Madison a heartbreaking 2-1 defeat in both teams' women's soccer season opener as part of the Fairfield Inn by Marriott JMU Invitational at Sentara Park.

JMU racked up 10 shots on the evening to Dayton's four, though the Flyers put all four of their shots on frame en route to the win. Junior forward Haley Crawford racked up a match-high three shots to lead the way, while junior defender Lizzy Lazzaro and sophomore forward Ginger Deel added a pair each.

HOW THEY SCORED
JMU
70' | Junior defender Lizzy Lazzaro opened the Dukes' 2018 scoring, blasting a 40-yard free kick from the right side of the field that skipped off the goalkeeper's fingertips to put JMU ahead, 1-0.
Dayton
80' | The Flyers levelled things just under 10 minutes later, when Quincy Kellett laid a deflection down in the path of Hannah Osland, who squeezed off a short-range shot to even things up.
89' | Izzy Greene provided the game-winner with less than two minutes to play, finishing off a deflected shot from less than four yards out to provide the final margin of victory.

QUOTING COACH WALTERS
"This was a tough one, but we walk away from this match with plenty of valuable things to work on, as well as a lot of positives to take into Sunday's match. We need to learn how to close out a match with a late lead, but I felt like we were able to find moments of quality play at times. I feel for the girls after this one; they put in a fantastic preseason workload and I wanted them to pick up this win and reap the benefits of that work!"

SPOT UP
Junior Lizzy Lazzaro scored the fifth goal of her career in Thursday's loss, with all five coming from spot kicks. Three of her four goals in 2017 came from free kicks from outside the penalty box, while she also buried a penalty kick last year as a sophomore.

UP NEXT
The Dukes will be back in action on Sunday, August 19 to close out the Fairfield Inn by Marriott JMU Invitational with a 2 p.m. matchup against Maryland. The Terrapins bested William & Mary in a 2-1 victory on Thursday afternoon.