Women's Soccer Falls at Seattle in 3-2 Overtime Battle

Thursday, August 29

Seattle, Wash.

10 p.m.

James Madison University

1-1-0, 0-0-0

Seattle

0-1-1, 0-0-0

James Madison

Seattle U

8/30/2019 2:44:00 AM | Women's Soccer

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SEATTLE, Wash. - Seattle's Jessie Ray headed home the game-winning goal with 3:31 remaining in overtime on Thursday night, handing James Madison team a heartbreaking 3-2 loss in non-conference women's soccer action at Championship Field.

The Dukes (1-2) racked up a 21-14 shot advantage on the evening and took nine corners to the Redhawks' (1-1-1) four, but were forced to battle back from a pair of one-goal deficits inside the first 10 minutes and put just seven of their attempts on frame on a rainy evening.

Junior forward Ginger Deel notched her second goal of the season in the loss, racking up a match-high six shots, while junior Sophie Brause opened her 2019 scoring account in just the third minute and junior Ebony Wiseman tallied five shots of her own.

HOW THEY SCORED
Seattle
1' | Seattle needed less than a minute to open the scoring, using a through ball in transition to set Bailey Hall up for a 1-on-1 finish after just 48 seconds of play.
7' | The Redhawks took their second lead less than six minutes later, taking advantage of a misplayed pass in the final third and connecting on a counter-attack to go up 2-1.
97' | Ray provided the winner after 6:29 of overtime, beating two defenders to a deflected cross and tipping the ball inside the far post to hand the Dukes the loss.
JMU
3' | Less than two minutes after the opener, senior Claire Meiser and senior Haley Crawford played a back-and-forth on the left side before finding Brause inside the box, where the sophomore took a touch and scored from less than 15 yards.
50' | The Dukes levelled things for the second time just past halftime, when Meiser and sophomore Iris Rabot connected up the right side before Deel was able to bury the low cross from close range to make it 2-2.

QUOTING COACH WALTERS
"That was an exciting game for the fans. I felt like both teams were dangerous in front of goal and dodged some bullets. I am disappointed in the result, but encouraged with the opportunities we created. We need to be more ruthless in front of goal and we're giving up too many goals."

"This Seattle team is well-coached and it was a battle of which of our teams could execute their game plan the best. Tonight, they did and came away with the result. We have to look at ourselves and decided how we can be better. This starts with me as the head coach. What we learn from this experience will help determine who we will be this year."

UP NEXT
The Dukes will close out their west coast swing on Sunday afternoon, travelling to Pullman, Wash. to face No. 23 Washington State at 4 p.m. eastern. The Cougars are 1-0 on the year and take on Montana at 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 30.