Box Score Rhody Starters:
Bailes, Ari Stanton, Ross, N. Brennan, Lieberman, Elworthy, Alex Stanton, DiFonso, Gylfadottir, Nardella, Nickles (GK)
Alabama Starters:
Moroney, Jimenez Delgado, Welch, DePrropso, Brohaugh, Mercer, Semelsberger, Alexander, Lutzenkirchen, Clarida, Rusk (GK)
How it happened:
The game was scoreless for the first 80 minutes of action when Ari Stanton scored the only goal the Rams would need in the 81st minute when she put home a give and goal inside the box from fellow senior Chelsea Gates.
Scoring Summary:
81:31 - URI - Ari Stanton (3) (Chelsea Gates)
Inside the Box Score:
- The win versus Alabama marks the first time in Rhode Island Women's Soccer program history that a team beat an SEC opponent.
- Ari Stanton tallied her third goal in the past two games.
- Katie Nickles was solid for the Rams in the shutout stopping all five shots that came her way. This was the second time this seaosn that Nickles has posted a shutout.
- The win improves the Rams to a 3-1-1 mark overall, while the lost sends Alabama to a 1-3-2 mark.
Up Next:
The Rams head back out on the road for a match at Fairfield on Fri, Sept. 11 at 7 P.M.
