Dukes Drop 2-0 Battle at Arkansas

Friday, September 1

Fayetteville, Ark.

8 p.m.

James Madison University

3-2-0

Arkansas

3-2-0

James Madison

Arkansas

9/1/2017 11:21:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Arkansas scored a goal on either side of halftime on Friday night to hand James Madison a 2-0 defeat in non-conference women's soccer action at Razorback Field. The loss dropped the Dukes to 3-2, while Arkansas improved to 3-2.

JMU, playing in its first road match of the season, racked up 11 shots on the evening, led by four from junior forward Steffi Page, but Razorbacks took advantage of their 13 shots in the victory. The loss snapped the Dukes' three-match winning streak.

HOW THEY SCORED
27' | Taylor Malham opened the scoring for the Razorbacks just before the half-hour mark, poking in a ball from close range to make it 1-0.
74' | Katie Kienstra closed the scoring with just under 17 minutes to play, putting home a pass from Carly Hoke to put Arkansas up, 2-0.

MATCH NOTES
- Page led the Dukes with four shots on the evening, but seven different JMU players tallied at least one attempt on the evening, with junior Brittany Borum notching a pair.
- Sophomore goalkeeper Olivia Miller tallied four saves for the Dukes, while Rachel Harris matched her total for Arkansas.
- Despite the scoreline, the Dukes handled themselves well in the second half, leading Arkansas in shots by a 7-6 margin after the break and collecting a pair of corner kicks to the Razorbacks' one.

QUOTING COACH LOMBARDO
"This team showed a lot of grit tonight against a very athletic Arkansas team. We played a strong second half, but it was a bit too little, too late. The difference for us tonight was missing our scoring chances."

UP NEXT
The Dukes will play the second leg of their three-match road trip on Sunday, when they head to Tulsa for at contest scheduled to kick off at noon eastern. Tulsa improved to 1-3-1 on Friday with a 1-0 win over Utah Valley.