Box Score Rhode Island Starters: Nickles (GK), Wakeford, Kahele-Manners, Reynolds, N. Brennan, Lieberman, Goncalves, Ludviksdottir, Gylfadottir, Cabral, Nardella
Saint Louis Starters: Niehaus (GK), Bright, Pokorny, Sakamoto, Marshall, Rodriguez, Bond, Reimer, Sands, Palazzolo, Peterson
How It Happened
The Rams battled in their sixth overtime match of the season but came up short, dropping a 2-1 decision at Saint Louis on Sunday afternoon 2-1. After the two teams went scoreless into the first half, SLU got on the board in the 50th minute after a shot that narrowly beat Rhody keeper Katie Nickles. Nine minutes later, Nicole Brennan scored the equalizer on a point blank shot inside the penalty area, tying the match at 1-1. Into the extra period, SLU registered its gamewinning score in the 95th minute.
Scoring Summary
49:48 – Saint Louis – Danielle Tolmais (Cristina Rodriguez)
58:28 – Rhode Island – Nicole Brennan (Unassisted)
94:42 – Saint Louis – Danielle Tolmais (Unassisted)
Inside the Box Score
- Senior Nicole Brennan recorded her third goal of the season and the 13th of her career.
- Saint Louis outshot Rhode Island, 20-8 but only 8-5 in the shots on-goal tally.
- Rams goalkeeper Katie Nickles had six saves while her counterpart Mary Niehaus registered four saves on the afternoon.
- Nickles has made at least two saves in each of the ten matches during the 2016 season.
- Junior Taylor Ross led the team with two shots; both were scoring chances on-goal.
- Rhody attempted six corner kicks in the match.
- URI has allowed two or fewer goals in nine of 10 matches this year.
- Rhode Island is now 0-1-1 in Atlantic 10 Conference play.
Quotable
"We showed a lot of grit today. I am unhappy with the result, but our resolve, energy, and fighting spirit was special to be a part of. The play of Katie Nickles was absolutely first class."
-- head coach Michael Needham
Up Next
Rhode Island continues Atlantic 10 Conference play hosting Saint Joseph's on Thursday, Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. at the URI Soccer Complex.
