Rhode Island Starters Nickles (GK), Wakeford, Kahele-Manners, Reynolds, N. Brennan, Lieberman, Goncalves, Ludviksdottir, Gylfadottir, Cabral, Nardella

Wagner Starters Wilm (GK), Fritz, Beck, Sackaris, D'Amico, Coca, Clark, McNutt, Mouradian, DeRiggi, Nunez

How It Happened

The Rams recorded their second straight win with a 2-0 victory against Wagner on Friday night in Staten Island.  Rhode Island and Wagner went scoreless in the first half, but the Rams offense erupted in the second half with Emily Wakeford scoring in the 53rd minute off an assist from Rachael Lieberman. Taylor Ross scored Rhode Island's second goal of the night off a header in the 69th minute - her third goal in last two games. Ross' goal was set up off a corner kick by Donika Murray and was assisted by junior co-captain Amanda Nardella. Goalkeeper Katie Nickles posted a clean sheet for her third shut out of the 2016 season.

Scoring Summary

52:49 – URI – Emily Wakeford (Rachael Lieberman)
68:56 – URI – Taylor Ross (Amanda Nardella)

Inside the Box Score

• Sophomore Emily Wakeford recorded her second goal of the season and the third of her career.
• Rhode Island dominated the shot count, registering twenty-one total attempts - putting eight on goal. Wagner finished with eleven shots (six on goal).
• Rams goalkeeper Katie Nickles and her counterpart Jessica Wilm both registered six saves on the night.
• Nickles has made at least three saves in each of the eight matches during the 2016 season.
• Junior Taylor Ross scored her third goal of the season.  All three goals have come in the second half of play.
• Sophomore Madison Waldron tied with Ross with shots on goal, with each player recording two.
• Rhody attempted nine corner kicks against Wagner's five.
• Tonight's victory improves Rhode Island's record to 3-3-2 heading into conference play.

Quotable

"Solid team performance tonight from front to back. We created a lot of chances going forward and defensively we were sound and our goalkeeper made a great save when we needed her to." - head coach Michael Needham

Up Next

Rhode Island begins Atlantic 10 Conference play hosting Fordham on Thursday, Sept. 29 at 7 p.m. at the URI Soccer Complex.