Pictured Above: Junior captain Maria Nunez, who scored the first goal of the 2018 season for Wagner this evening 

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Staten Island, NY – Despite outshooting Rider, the Wagner College women's soccer team fell 2-1 in overtime to the Broncs on Tuesday evening at Hamline Field.
 
For the Seahawks (0-2-0), junior captain Maria Nunez was able to head the ball past Rider's goalkeeper, Carmen Carbonell, after receiving the feed off a free kick from classmate, Autumn Clark. For Nunez, the goal is the fourth of her career.
 
The Broncs (1-0-1) had two different goal scorers in Sam Picinich and Kourtney Cunningham, whose tally in the 95th minute proved to be the game-winner. 
 
The teams played to a virtual stalemate early on before Wagner began to find some offensive rhythm.
 
In the 12th minute, Madison Starr took the corner kick for the home team and laced a cross into the box to Luisa Barone. The freshman was able to soar into the air and head the ball towards the net but was denied by a Rider defender.

Senior captain Peyton Beck was able to retrieve the loose ball, but her shot attempt sailed high over the goal.
 
Cunningham was able to create a scoring opportunity for the visitors but Wagner's senior goalkeeper, Katie Viscardi, negated the Broncs' chance, keeping the match knotted at 0-0.
 
The Seahawks had two chances to score the game's first goal, both occurring in the 27th minute. Sophomore Mattea Reale had a shot off the post. Nearly 20 seconds later, Madison Starr's attempt went wide of the goal.
 
Wagner broke through in the 41st minute in taking a 1-0 lead. Clark launched the free kick chance deep into the box with Nunez finishing the play with the first goal of the season.

When play resumed for the second half, it was the Seahawks who were on the offensive first as Wagner had two shots at extending its lead. The first opportunity came in the 46th minute when Barone fired a shot on goal that was turned aside by Carbonell. The second chance, by Starr, was tipped away by Carbonell, setting up a corner for the home team but nothing came off the set piece.
 
Rider's Cunningham misfired on two straight scoring chances before the Broncs sank the equalizer in the 60th minute. Sam Picinich got the ball after Valeria Pascuet lofted a free kick and was able to finish from point-blank range in tying the match at 1-1.
 
The Seahawks were on the move in the 80th minute as sophomore Julia Fitzsimmons fired a shot from 15 yards out but her go-ahead attempt was stopped by Carbonell.

The visitors had a golden opportunity to end the contest in regulation as Cunningham's shot attempt ricocheted off the crossbar and spiraled away from the offensive zone before Wagner was able to gain control, keeping the game knotted at 1-1 as the teams headed into golden goal overtime.
 
Fitzsimmons' shot attempt in the 92nd minute went right of the target, giving the ball back to Rider. Three minutes later, Cunningham was able to convert the go-ahead score in lifting the Broncs to the come-from-behind win.
 
After being held to just four shots in the season opener on Friday against Army West Point, Wagner came out firing, outshooting Rider, 17-8, and 8-2 in the opening half. The Seahawks also held an 8-5 margin on corners.
 
Rider's Carbonell stopped eight Seahawk shots on the evening. Viscardi was able to make two saves, upping her career total to 131.
 
The Seahawks will embark on their first road trip of the season when they head to Fairfield University on Friday, August 24. Kickoff is slated for 7:30 p.m.

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