Box Score WASHINGTON – The No. 16 Georgetown University women's soccer team fell 1-0 to No. 25 Vanderbilt on Thursday evening in Nashville, Tennessee. With the loss GU slides to 2-1-2 on the season while Vanderbilt improves to 5-1.
 
Head Coach Dave Nolan
"This was certainly a tough loss for the girls. Vanderbilt put us under some real pressure in the first half, playing a little more direct and pressing us hard. This wasn't something we have faced this year, and it looked like we had weathered the storm. Unfortunately, we struggled with them on set pieces, and they scored very late in the first half off a corner when we had a smaller lineup on the field.
 
We made some adjustments for the second half, and we certainly carried the game to them creating a number of good chances. Unfortunately, we couldn't quite take one and here we are with our first loss of the season. However, this is a really tough stretch of games, and we have to now get ready for South Carolina on Sunday at home which will be another huge challenge. The girls won't be feeling sorry for themselves, and they know we played well on the road against a good SEC team and they will take some confidence from tonight.
 
We had a number of really strong performances tonight, both Kaya Hanson, and Izzy Boodell helped marshal our back line against some real pressure. Cassie Delinsky and Natalie Means worked tirelessly along the flanks and I thought Esme Brayshaw and Maja Lardner really tried putting the team on their backs in an effort to draw us level. I am very proud of the overall effort tonight, feeling that if we get that every game we play we will be very hard to beat."
 
 
About the Match

• Georgetown came out of the gates dominating possession and attacking the Vanderbilt back line early. In the 16th minute, Shay Montgomery with the help of two teammates was able to create a brilliant opportunity inside the penalty box but the Commodore keeper parried the shot away keeping the score 0-0.
• GU continued to put pressure on the Commodore defense, in the 30th minute Lizzie Heller hit a screamer from 30 yards away that made the Vanderbilt keeper fully extend to push it over the top of the frame.
• In the final minutes of the first half, Vanderbilt was able to capitalize on a ball bouncing around in the box off a corner. Ally Bolig was able to get on the end of it, giving Vandy a 1-0 lead just before the half.
• The Blue & Gray came out of the half and immediately put Vanderbilt on its heels creating two great chances in the first five minutes of the half.
• Through the first 25 minutes of the second half, GU outshot Vanderbilt 6-2 and held a 2-0 advantage in corners.
• With seven minutes left in the contest, Maja Lardner had a full volley attempt that just went over the bar as GU searched for the equalizer.
• The Hoyas were unable to find a goal to even the score, dropping the contest 1-0.

 
Notable Stats

• Cara Martin made four saves.
• Lardner tallied four shots, three of which were on goal.
• GU outshot Vanderbilt 13-8.
• The Blue & Gray earned eight corners to the Commodores two.

 
WHAT LIES AHEAD
The Blue & Gray will return to the Hilltop on Sunday, September 7 to face off against No. 10 South Carolina. Kickoff is slated for 1 p.m. at Shaw Field. A link to live stats will be available on GUHoyas.com.