Aug. 27, 2010
Box Score
PITTSBURGH, PA. - The Marist women's soccer team opened the 2010 season with a 2-0 loss to Duquesne on Friday night at Rooney Field. The contest was the second played on the day during the 2010 Duquesne Classic. Marist had a pair of solid chances in the first half as two shots went off the crossbar.
Duquesne (1-1-1) scored its pair of goals on corner kicks. In the 16th minute, Lauren Tlumack headed a cross into the back of the net off a ball played into the box by Bridget Lynch. The second goal came at the 72:04 mark in the match, when Morgan Herbert finished with a header off a corner as well.
The Red Foxes came out of the gate strong, as sophomore Allison Sloper (Williston Park, N.Y.) hit Marist's second pipe of the stanza, as she also banked a shot off the crossbar. Sloper's shot came at the 24:45 into the match.
Senior goalkeeper Jamie Balzarini (Holbrook, N.Y.) suffered the loss in goal. She made three saves in the match. Gabby Morrin countered with four saves for Duquesne in the team's first clean sheet of the season.
The loss is just Marist's second in a season-opener in the last six seasons. The Red Foxes had won their last two matches to begin the 2008 and 2009 campaigns.
St. Louis and Towson played to a scoreless draw earlier on Friday in the opening game of the tournament. The Marist-Duquesne match began 59 minutes late as a result.
Marist will conclude the 2010 Duquesne Classic on Sunday, Aug. 29 when it takes on the St. Louis Billikens. Kickoff is slated for noon.
