Box Score Rhode Island Starters:Nickles (GK), Elworthy, Kahele-Manners, Reynolds, N. Brennan, Lieberman, Conclaves, Ludviksdottir, Gylfadottir, Cabral, Nardella
Syracuse Starters: Brosnan (GK), Brackett, Gordon, O'Neill, Tcheki-Jamgotvchian, Bennett, Curless, Vigna, Iozzi, Bader, Skilton
How It Happened
Rhode Island was whistled for a foul in the box in the 89th minute, yielding a penalty kick for Syracuse. Jessica Vigna found the back of the net, for the lone score of the evenly-played match.
Scoring Summary
88:57 - Syracuse - Jessica Vigna (penalty kick)
Inside the Box Score
- Rhode Island registered six shots on the night, putting three on goal.
- Rams' goalkeeper Katie Nickles made three saves, while her counterpart Courtney Brosnan also made three stops for the Orange.
- Nickles has made at least three saves in each of the six matches during the 2016 season.
- The Rams attempted three corner kicks while the Orange put four corner kicks into play.
- URI was whistled for eight fouls on the night, while SU was called for four.
Up Next
Rhode Island hosts Maine on Sunday, Sept. 11 at 1 p.m. at the URI Soccer Complex.