Gophers Blanked in ECAC Semifinal

MADISON, N.J. - The Goucher College women's soccer team saw its season come to a close with a 3-0 setback to top-seeded FDU-Florham in the semifinals of the 2022 ECAC Division III Women's Soccer Championship Saturday afternoon at Robert T. Shields Field.  The Gophers were making the program's first-ever ECAC appearance.

• Goucher (8-7-3) generated a corner kick less than a minute into the game.
• Taylor Urie (Simi Valley, Calif./Simi Valley) put a shot on goal in the ninth minute but her bid was stopped by FDU (16-5-1) keeper Erica Blackburn.
• Gopher keeper Marissa Spacht (Marlton, Pa./Garden Spot) made her first save of the game 10 minutes in.
• FDU had a shot just past the 10-minute mark that was saved by a Goucher defender.
• Blackburn made a save on a shot by Lexie Alvarado (Germantown, Md./Seneca Valley) with just over 14 minutes left in the opening half.
• In the 34th minute the Devils got on the board courtesy of a Goucher own goal.
• Finley Lindsey (Phoenix, Ariz./Hamilton) had a shot saved by Blackburn in the final minute of the half.

• Mia Lopez made it 2-0 just over five minutes into the second half with her 17th goal of the season for FDU-Florham.
• Spacht made another save two minutes later.
• After Lopez had two shots blocked, she converted the third in the 54th minute to make it 3-0.
• Cassidy Scott (Quakertown, Pa. / William Penn Charter School) had a shot saved in the 69th minute.

• FDU-Florham held a 17-9 shot advantage and took seven of the game's 10 corner kicks.
• Spacht registered a pair of saves, while Blackburn made five stops en route to the shutout.
• Scott and Taty Jiminez (Modesto, Calif./Enochs) each had two shots for Goucher.
• With eight victories Goucher recorded its highest win total since 2015.
• Goucher finished with a 1.00 team goals-against average, its lowest since 2012.