Maryland Ties Temple In Nemzer's First Game, 1-1

Thursday, August 18

Philadelphia, PA

7:00 PM

Maryland

0-0-1, 0-0-0

Temple

0-0-1, 0-0-0

Team	1	2	Final F
Maryland	0	1	1
Temple	0	1	1

8/18/2022 6:37:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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PHILADELPHIA, PA – The Maryland women's soccer team rallied to secure a 1-1 tie against the Temple Owls in the season opener and the head coaching debut for Meghan Ryan Nemzer with the Terrapins.

The two teams were deadlocked for the first 63 minutes of a game until the Owls earned a corner kick that ultimately resulted in a Temple goal. Just three minutes later, a deflected ball led to a little bit of chaos and Amanda Schafer found Alina Stahl alone by the net for the tying goal.

Coach Nemzer's Take

"I thought we competed once we conceded. I talk about response a lot and I thought that we responded well. I think it's a great opportunity for us to learn and we need to compete for 90 minutes now. We'll go back and look at film, but I was happy with the response. We did create several opportunities, so it's not that we're not creating, now we just need to finish it."

Player's Perspective

"I thought it was a really good first game for us," Stahl said. "It was a time for us all to come together. I thought we fought through all the adversity we faced through the game. We just need to finish our chances next time, which I'm sure will come because we created so many."

Newbies Making A Mark

19 players dressed for their Maryland debut, 10 transfers and nine freshmen.
Six of the starters were transfers: Kam Fisher, Sydney Urban, Amanda Schafer, Christa Waterman, Juliana Lynch and Sydney Hopkins.
Ava Morales, Alina Stahl, Halle Johnson and Sofi Vinas all saw action as well. Morales was the only freshman to play.
Stahl scored the lone goal for the Terps. It was the West Virginia transfer's 17th career goal and first as a Terp.
Schafer recorded the crucial assist, the first of her career after 60 games at Rhode Island.

Veteran Presence

Graduate student Alyssa Poarch led the Terps with six shots and two shots on goal.

Numbers To Know

4: The number of saves made by Madeline Smith in her first start at goalkeeper this year.
9: Maryland outshot Temple by nine, with a 16-7 difference.
9: The number of corners the Terps had.
90: The number of minutes Waterman and Hopkins played.