Lowell, Massachusetts- The Red Foxes dropped their first non-conference game against Umass Lowell in a hard fought battle on Sunday evening. Marist is now 0-1 on the season while Umass Lowell becomes 1-2.
 

Summary

• The game began with a scoreless five minutes and back-to-back saves by goalkeeper Chloe Monroe within the first quarter of the game.
• Kerri Gutenberger made the first goal of the game with 9:03 left in the first quarter.
• At 8:02, Marist was fouled by UML and Kerri Gutenberger took a free-positon shot to give the Red Foxes a 2-0.
• Freshman, Melissa Bucher scored at the 7:14 mark to bring the Red Foxes up 3-0.
• The River Hawks first goal of the game was a women-up situation, at 2:30 making it 3-1 leading into the second quarter.
• In the second quarter, a 2-minute women-up situation cross check allowed Umass Lowell to cut the Red Foxes lead to one goal (3-2).
• Back-to-Back free position shots gave Marist the 5-2 lead. First by Alex Di Chiara at 7:03, then another by Kerri Gutenberger with 6:13 left on the clock.
• In another women-up situation, Gutenberger scored at 2:23 with a free-position shot allowing Marist to hold the lead at 6-3.
• Umass Lowell responded with a goal at .22 seconds on the clock to make it 6-3 entering halftime.

 

Second Half

• To open the second half, the River Hawks scored at 12:35 and again at 10:41 to cut the game to a 6-5 Marist lead.
• The River Hawks scored again at 7:53 making it a tied game 6-6.
• It was not till 6:11 in the third quarter, Marist responded with a free-position goal by Delaney Hayes. Marist regained the lead with a score of 7-6.
• Umass Lowell quickly answered with in a free-position goal at 5:49 to tie it once more at 7-7.
• Junior Kelly Trotta scored at 1:11 of the third to help Marist regain the lead at 8-7 to conclude the third quarter.
• At the start of the fourth, Olivia Arntsen scored at 12:33 to extend the Red Foxes' lead to 9-7.
• At 3:36 the River Hawks scored its second straight goal to tie the game at 9-9.
• Late in the fourth quarter, Umass Lowell scored with 2:27 to take their first lead of the game 10-9.
• With :22 seconds left, Kerri Gutenberger got a free-position shot to tie the game back at 10-10.
• With two seconds remaining in the game, Umass Lowell scored the game-winner to clinch victory, 11-10.

 

Key Stats

• Kerri Gutenberger had 5 goals and one assist. 
• Delaney Hayes, Kelly Trotta, and Alex Di Chiara each had one goal. 
• Goalkeeper Chloe Monroe led the game with 10 saves followed by Gabriella Orlando's five. 
• The River Hawks outscored the Red Foxes on ground balls 21-14.
• Marist had a total of 20 turnovers compared to Umass Lowell who had 12. 

Up Next

The Red Foxes will be back in action Saturday Feb. 26th hosting Army. Game is set for 4 pm.