Terps Narrowly Fall To Illinois, 1-0

Sunday, September 29

Champaign, IL

3 PM

Maryland

3-6-4, 0-4-1

Illinois

5-5-2, 1-3-1

Team	1	2	Final F
Maryland	0	0	0
Illinois	1	0	1

9/29/2024 4:30:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

CHAMPAIGN, IL – Maryland women's soccer was narrowly defeated by Illinois, 1-0, on Sept. 29 at Demirjian Park. The Terps sit at 3-6-4 overall and 0-4-1 in Big Ten play.

Senior goalkeeper Liz Beardsley made four saves, upping her total to 51 through 13 contests. The total ranks second in the Big Ten Conference to Illinois' Izzy Lee, who made one stop to increase her total to 67.

Liz does it again‼️ pic.twitter.com/b1wcBZnq9L
— Maryland W. Soccer (@TerpsWSoccer) September 29, 2024

Sarah Foley scored Illinois' lone goal off a penalty kick in the 16th minute. Foley leads the Fighting Illini with eight goals on the season. The Terps couldn't find the equalizer. Kate Hawley led the Terps with two shots.

Illinois improved to 5-5-2 and 1-3-1 in conference play.

The XI

Goalkeeper: Liz Beardsley
Forward: Peyton Bernard and Lisa McIntyre
Midfielders: Kennedy Bell, Emily Lenhard, Taryn Raibon, Hannah Schapiro, and Lauren Wrigley
Defenders: Katie Coyle, Halle Johnson and Tahirah Turnage-Morales

Coach Nemzer's Take
"I felt the first 45 minutes we were a bit on our heels and then we made some adjustments at halftime. I thought the second half adjustments resulted in more urgency to go to goal and more opportunities. I felt like we were on their half of the field. I felt like one was coming as well, it was too much of a slow start for us in the first 45 minutes."

Breaking Down The Action

Illinois struck first on a penalty kick goal in the 16th minute.
In the 22nd minute, Liz Beardsley had a nice sequence where she made a diving one-handed save.
Beardsley prevented another goal-scoring opportunity with a low-diving save in the 28th minute.
Ava Morales gave the Terps its first shot attempt in the 32nd minute, which was just high above the net.
Illinois had a shot-on-goal opportunity in the 57th minute, which Beardsley saved.
The Illinois goalkeeper saved the Terps' redirect shot from a free-kick opportunity in the 65th minute.
Taryn Raibon had a shot that went off the top of the crossbar in the 69th minute.

Taryn nearly equals the score pic.twitter.com/zmbX2CKoBx
— Maryland W. Soccer (@TerpsWSoccer) September 29, 2024

Up Next

The Terps finish their Big Ten road play against Ohio State at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium on Oct. 4. The game will start at 7 p.m. ET and air on Big Ten Plus.