Dukes Tipped by Saint Joseph's

Sunday, August 26

Harrisonburg, Va.

1 p.m.

James Madison University

1-3

Saint Joseph's

3-0-1

Saint Joseph's

James Madison

8/26/2018 5:22:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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HARRISONBURG, Va. - Despite outshooting Saint Joseph's by a 17-9 margin on Sunday afternoon, James Madison dropped a tough, 2-1 decision to the Hawks in non-conference women's soccer action at Sentara Park.

Sophomore Ginger Deel scored the Dukes' lone goal on the day on the strength of three shots, while junior Haley Crawford led the way with a career-high eight shots. In all, JMU put six of their shots on goal to SJU's three, but couldn't find a breakthrough in the second half.

HOW THEY SCORED
JMU
25' | Deel provided an equalizer for the Dukes midway through the first half, with junior Lizzy Lazzaro heading a corner from junior Phoebe Dinga back into the area, leaving Deel with a one-touch shot from six yards to bury her second of the year.
Saint Joseph's
13' | Morgan Bower opened the scoring with her second of the season pouncing on a header from Taylor Ryan in traffic and poking home a six-yard shot to put SJU up, 1-0.
53' | Ryan herself picked up the gamewinner against the run of play early in the second half, burying a penalty kick inside the left post after an SJU attacker was taken down in the box.

QUOTING COACH WALTERS
"We're really disappointed with today's result. We knew how dangerous Saint Joseph's would be on corner kicks and they proved it on the first goal. We have to bounce back quickly with Penn State coming to town. We created enough chances to win this game and played some our best soccer of the year, but we need to play a complete 90 minutes to get the results."

MATCH NOTES
- Sophomore Ginger Deel notched her second goal of the season in just the fourth match of the season, putting her halfway to her 2017 total of four goals.
- The Dukes' 17 shots are their most this season and their most since racking up 25 in a 2-1 win over Towson on Oct. 12, 2017.

UP NEXT
The Dukes will welcome national powerhouse Penn State to Sentara Park on Thursday evening at 7 p.m. Entering this week, the Nittany Lions were ranked No. 4 nationally, representing the highest-ranked opponent to visit Harrisonburg since No. 4 UCLA came to face the Dukes in 2001.