Davidson Drops 3-1 A-10 Opener at UMass

Thursday, September 21

Amherst, Mass.

4:00 p.m.

Davidson College Athletics

2-8-0, 0-1-0 A-10

Massachusetts

4-4-1, 1-0-0 A-10

Team	1	2	Final F
Davidson	0	1	1
Massachusetts	1	2	3

action shot of Allison Gray women's soccer

Photo by: Tim Cowie - DavidsonPhotos.com

9/21/2017 10:28:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Gavin McFarlin - Associate SID

Box Score (pdf)
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AMHERST, Mass. – The Davidson women's soccer team opened Atlantic 10 play Thursday afternoon at Massachusetts and dropped a 3-1 decision at Rudd Field.

The Wildcats dropped to 2-8 (0-1 A-10) on the season, while UMass ran its record to 3-4-1 (1-0 A-10).

Quick Hits About and From the Game:
•This was the fourth meeting for Davidson and UMass, as the series started when the Wildcats entered the A-10 in 2014.
•UMass' win broke up a tie in the all-time series, as it holds a 2-1-1 advantage now.
•This was the first time the Wildcats opened league play against the Minutewomen.
•Davidson's lone goal on the afternoon came in the 83rd minute off the foot of Allison Gray, her team-leading third goal of the season.
•It made the score 2-1 before UMass added one more score in the 86th minute on a penalty kick.
•The 'Cats got off 11 shots, eight of them in the second half, while UMass had 19 total shots.
•Gray had a team-high four shots, two on goal, giving her 15 shots overall for the season.
•Davidson had a 6-2 advantage in corner kicks.
•Junior Kendall Thomas played all 90 minutes in goal, finishing with one save.
•UMass' Cassidy Babin came up with four saves and improved her record to 4-4-1.

Notes from Coach Denton on the Road:
"Good performance overall from the players but a couple of key moments put us a 1-0 down at the half. We did not start the 2nd half was well and did not retain ball is areas to put UMASS under enough pressure. Later in the game we pushed number forward in search of a goal but conceded on the break and gave up a later handball. We are looking ahead to positive performance against a good VCU team on Sunday at home."

Davidson returns home to take on VCU this Sunday at 2 p.m.

Scoring Summary
24:29    UMass Erin Doster (Gabriela Kenyon, Dani Sclafani)
80:30    UMass Mollie Williams (Erin Doster, Jenny Hipp)
82:35    DAV      Allison Gray (3) (unassisted)
85:20    UMass Sini Laaksonen (Penalty Kick)