Women's Soccer | 8/26/2017 10:30:00 AM
UMBC Retrievers (1-1-1, 0-0-0 America East) at Robert Morris Colonials (0-3-0, 0-0-0 NEC)
Sunday, August 27, 2017 // 12:00 p.m. // Moon Township, Pa. – North Athletic Complex
Live Video: NEC Front Row // Live Stats: RMUColonials.com
NOTES: UMBC @ Robert Morris (8.27.17)
Musket Shots
>Â Robert Morris fell to Central Michigan in a non-conference road contest on Friday, 4-0
>Â RMU returns six seniors and seven of its top 10 scorers from 2016, including senior midfielder
Kasia Bak (2g, 4a, 8p) and
Jane Schleicher (3g, 1a, 7p), who respectively led the team in points and goals
>Â Senior defender
Kayla Kelley is the only player in program history to be named to three All-NEC teams, as she gained First and Rookie Team honors in 2014 and Second Team plaudits in 2015
>Â RMU was selected to finish sixth in the NEC Preseason Coaches' Poll released on Monday, August 14th
History vs. UMBC
Overall: 1-7-0 | Home: 0-3-0 | Away: 1-4-0
Last Meeting:Â 9/22/16 at UMBC (L, 1-6)
First Meeting:Â 9/19/98 at UMBC (L, 3-6)
>Â This will be the fourth time over the last five seasons that RMU and UMBC have played each other
>Â The Colonials' only win over UMBC came in the 2002 season
Scouting UMBC
> The Retrievers are currently 1-1-1 on the early season, most recently falling to UNC-Wilmington, 1-0 … UMBC also holds a 1-0 victory at Mount St. Mary's and a 1-1 draw against Towson
>Â UMBC went 6-10-1 during the 2016 campaign and 2-5-1 in the America East
> Senior midfielder Gabby Boehmer is the team's leading returning scorer from last season, having compiled a team-high five goals and 11 points as a junior … Junior goalkeeper Leah Roth made all 17 starts for UMBC in 2016, compiling a 1.48 goals against average and .792 save percentage
Colonial Trends
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Kristina Kelley has generated at least two shots in her last five contests
>Â Robert Morris has put at least half of its shots on target in seven of the last nine contests
> Samantha Lackner has played the full 90 minutes in each of the last 10 games
> The Colonials were victorious in their last overtime fixture
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