Rhode Island (3-1-0)
Starters: Eden (GK), Gilbert, Penny, Samalonis, MacDonald, Rosenfeld, Carstensen, Yee, Poon, Camacho, Steinbach
Substitutes: Name, Sylvester, Jacobs, White, O'Neill

Brown (2-0-0)
Starters: Schopp (GK), Lam, Meite, Cardoza, Keeley, Okonye, Treanor, Robinson, Sahin, Birtwistle, Weil
Substitutes: Gregory, Silverman, Shell, Guy, Nnewihe, Vargas

Scoring Summary
5:31 - BROWN - Cardoza (Weil, Lam)
18:56 - BROWN - Weil (Okonye)
28:15 - URI - Carstensen (Samalonis)
67:27 - BROWN - Sahin (Vargas)
74:54 - URI - Sylvester (Rosenfeld)

How it Happened
Rhode Island battled but could not keep pace with in-state Brown, falling 3-2 Monday night. The loss snapped URI's three-match winning streak.

Brown built a two-goal lead within the first 19 minutes of the match. In the sixth minute, Audrey Lam sent a corner into the box that Ella Weil got her head on. Naya Cardoza knocked the rebound into the box for a 1-0 lead. In the 19th minute, Joy Okonye controlled a long service and sent a cross to an open Weil, who sent a left-footed shot inside the far post to pad the lead for the hosts.

Rhode Island cut the deficit in half with a pretty set piece in the 29th minute. Kyra Samalonis sent a curling pass to the far side of the box, and Mie Carstensen was able to get above a Brown defender and head the ball across the end line.

Brown nearly added to its lead in the 65th minute when Angelina Vargas headed a cross from Okonye just outside the right post. The Bears did extend their lead a few minutes later when Vargas broke through two Rhody defenders and sent a cross to Ayla Sahin, who one-timed a touch inside the far post.

McKenna Sylvester kept the Rams close when she lined a left-footed shot just under the crossbar in the 75th minute. Taking a throw in from Jill Rosenfeld deep in the Brown end, Sylvester shielded a defender with her body, turned to her right and fired a shot over the dive of Brown keeper Bella Schopp.

Unfortunately Rhode Island was unable to get the equalizer in the final minutes.

Inside the Box Score

• Senior McKenna Sylvester has a team-high three goals on the year. She has scored in three of the four URI matches thus far.
• Junior Jill Rosenfeld has recorded an assist in three straight matches after not having any in the first 37 matches of her career.
• Senior Mie Carstensen scored her first goal of the season and the second of her career. 
• Sophomore Kyra Samalonis picked up her second assist of the season.
• Brown had a 14-4 edge in total shots, including an 8-3 advantage in shots on goal.  

Up Next
The Rams' tour against in-state competition continues when Rhody hosts Providence on Saturday, Aug. 30 at 7 p.m. The match is scheduled to stream on ESPN+.