Dukes Shutout No. 13 Georgetown in Scoreless Draw

Thursday, September 7

Germantown, Md.

7:30 p.m.

James Madison University

2-2-3, 0-0-0

Georgetown

4-0-2, 0-0-0

James Madison

Georgetown

9/7/2023 11:01:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

GERMANTOWN, Md. – The defense of James Madison women's soccer created tough shots and limited the chances of No. 13 Georgetown as the two sides settled for a scoreless draw on Thursday evening at the Maryland SoccerPlex in non-conference action.

The Dukes moved to 2-2-3 and snapped a 12-match losing streak against ranked opponents, with their last result coming in a 2-1 win over No. 24 Wake Forest in 2014. The Hoyas moved to 4-0-2.

Redshirt junior Suwaibatu Mohammed and junior Shea Collins led the attack for the Dukes with two shots each. Redshirt junior Alexandra Blom made fives saves in goal to earn her second shutout of the season. She now has 16 career solo shutouts to move into a tie for fourth place in program history, and her 201 career saves make her the seventh goalkeeper in program history to eclipse the 200 saves mark.

How It Happened

In the sixth minute, Mohammed presented the first chance of the match with a low shot in the box that was saved and led to a JMU corner kick.
GU responded 10 minutes later with its own chance that Blom saved.
Senior Sammie Sipes nearly missed a goal in the 23^rd minute with her shot going just barely wide right.
The two sides went into halftime with the Dukes outshooting the Hoyas 5-3.
GU came out firing, outshooting JMU 11-3 in the second half, as they fired off shots in the box in the 49^th and 51^st minutes.
The Dukes had back-to-back chances nine seconds between each other in the 63^rd minute, with Mohammed's shot being blocked before Collins fired a low shot on goal that was saved.
Georgetown continued to attack the Dukes over the final 20 minutes, firing off six shots but the JMU defense allowed only one to be on target.

Quoting Head Coach Joshua Walters, Sr.
"Best performance of the year for us and proud of the way we did it tonight. Georgetown is a very good team and I felt we went blow for blow with them."

Up Next
The Dukes return home on Sunday, Sept. 10 after playing the last three matches on the road as they welcome Ohio to Sentara Park for a 1 p.m. kickoff. The match will represent the end of the non-conference portion of the schedule, as JMU begins Sun Belt Conference play on Friday, Sept. 15 at Arkansas State.