Dukes Drop 2-0 Decision at First-Place Northeastern

Sunday, September 30

Boston, Mass.

1 p.m.

James Madison University

5-7-0, 2-1-0CAA

Northeastern

7-6-1, 4-0-0CAA

James Madison

Northeastern

9/30/2018 4:59:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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BROOKLINE, Mass. - James Madison racked up 16 shots on Sunday afternoon, putting six on frame, but Northeastern was able to use a pair of second-half goals to hand the Dukes a tough, 2-0 road loss at Parsons Field in Colonial Athletic Association women's soccer.

The Dukes (5-7, 2-1 CAA) held the edge on the stat sheet, particularly in the first half, when JMU held a 9-3 edge over the Huskies (7-6-1, 4-0 CAA) and did not allow a shot on goal. Northeastern rebounded after the break, however, outshooting JMU by a 9-7 margin, putting six shots on frame and using a corner kick and counter attack to provide the final margin.

Junior Lizzy Lazzaro racked up a match- and career-high five shots on the afternoon, to lead the Dukes, while freshmen Morgan Sherman and Hannah Coulling each added a pair. Junior goalkeeper Hannah McShea tallied four saves in the loss, the third time in four matches in which she has notched at least four.

HOW THEY SCORED
Northeastern
59' | Eve Goulet provided the eventual gamewinner just before the hour mark, getting her head to a corner kick from Hannah Rosenblatt and bouncing a shot across from that caromed over two JMU defenders and dipped below the crossbar to make it 1-0.
72' | The Huskies sealed the match with 18:38 to play, catching JMU on the counter when Kerri Zerfoss and Lizzie George played Nicole Gorman long, allowing her to cut inside off her left foot and tuck a shot just inside left post.

QUOTING COACH WALTERS
"We're very disappointed with the result today. We played a great first half where we kept a very good Northeastern team at bay and were unlucky to not finish a goal, but the second half was a different story. Northeastern raised their level and we couldn't find the right combination of players to swing things back our way. Hannah McShea was fantastic in goal for us again; she made two world-class saves to keep us in it."

"This is a big moment in our season to see how we respond to this match. I just want to get back to training right away, so we can keep working towards being the team we know we're capable of being."

UP NEXT
The Dukes will stay on the road to start this week, heading to Towson on Thursday, Oct. 4, to continue their CAA schedule with a 3 p.m. matchup. On Sunday, the Tigers dropped a 2-0 decision at Elon to fall to 3-10-1 with an 0-4 mark in league play.