ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Navy women’s soccer and Maryland battled to a 1-1 double-overtime tie Monday night at Glenn Warner Soccer Facility in front of 2,522. With the tie, Navy extended its unbeaten streak to four games and is 2-0-2 during the span.

“I did not think we had a solid first half because we were afraid to make mistakes early and were not playing to win,” Navy head coach Carin Gabarra said. “We changed a few things at half and started to believe we could play with them. We created some good scoring opportunities and finished off the game strong however we are not happy with the result and that is a testament to this season’s team.”

Despite the slow start to begin the contest, Navy grabbed an early 1-0 lead in 34^th minute. Senior defender Julie Schumacher (Plantation, Fla.) began the play with a pass to the top of the 18 in the direction of Rachel Hunter (Raleigh, N.C.), who took one touch and rifled her shot right underneath the cross bar. With Hunter’s goal, Navy has scored first in five of its first six matches.

Maryland (2-2-1) however responded in the 43^rd match to tie the match, 1-1 off a corner kick. Lauren Berman sent her corner kick into the crowded 18-yard box where Navy junior defender Lexi Ricketts attempted to clear but was kept in by Maryland’s Riley Barger. Barger evaded one Navy defender at the top of the box and launched her shot past Navy goalkeeper Dayton Wetherby (Wesley Chapel, Fla.) for the equalizer.

Navy and Maryland both were unable to find the back of the net in the second half, as both defenses stiffened up and allowed four total shots on net compared to the eight that were taken in the first half.

In the first overtime, Maryland looked for the game winner with three different opportunities on net. In the 95^th minute, the Terrapins had their best opportunity when Sarah Fichtner went one-on-one with Wetherby, but the Navy goalie came up with the first of her three saves during the first overtime.

Neither team had a good scoring chance in the final 10 minutes of play and finished the match at a 1-1 tie. Navy picked up its second tie of the season to move to 2-2-2 while Maryland earned its first tie to go 2-2-1 overall.

Maryland overwhelmed Navy in shots, 29-13, shots on net, 12-3 and corner kicks, 9-3.

Wetherby had a career night against the Terrapins, tallying 11 saves on 12 chances in net. Maryland goalkeeper Rachelle Beanlands recorded three saves on four chances.

Navy looks to extend its unbeaten streak of four against Marist Friday at the Glenn Warner Soccer Facility. The match is set for 7 p.m. and can be seen live and for free on PatriotLeague.TV. 

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