Sports In Brief
Field Hockey
RICHMOND-VCU (4-13, 2-4 CAA) beat the Towson University Tigers (9-8, 2-4) 3-1 Sunday at Cary Street Field.
Emily Guerra (Yorktown/Seton Hall HS), unassisted, scored the first point of the game in the 14th minute.
Six minutes later, Nikki Lloyd (Kent, England) put another one in for the Rams, also unassisted to set up a 2-0 lead.
Field Hockey
RICHMOND-VCU (4-13, 2-4 CAA) beat the Towson University Tigers (9-8, 2-4) 3-1 Sunday at Cary Street Field.
Emily Guerra (Yorktown/Seton Hall HS), unassisted, scored the first point of the game in the 14th minute.
Six minutes later, Nikki Lloyd (Kent, England) put another one in for the Rams, also unassisted to set up a 2-0 lead.
In the second half, Towson’s Laura Schnell scored a goal on a penalty stroke, but twenty minutes later Lloyd secured VCU’s victory with a final point assisted by Rebecca Sullivan (Fredericksburg/Stafford HS) and Emilie Osinga (Aerdenhout, Netherlands) off of a penalty corner.
The Rams outshot Towson 11-8 with a 7-5 edge in shots on goal.
Brittany LoVullo (Williamsville, N.Y.) matched Towson’s Christina Armer with four saves.
Volleyball
Despite outshooting Northeastern Sunday for a team total of .203-.178, VCU lost 3-1 (27-30, 30-20, 29-31, 24-30).
Ana Luiza de Borja (Florianopolis, Brazil) gave the Rams 20 kills and 14 digs. Cat Juson (Long Beach, Calif.) provided 48 assists and 17 digs. The team slips to 12-11 overall and 6-7 in the CAA.
Men’s Soccer
TOWSON, Md.-The Rams (4-12, 2-7) lost Sunday to Towson (13-1-2, 9-0-1) 2-1.
The game went scoreless until well into the second half, when Towson’s Tom Appel-Schumacher assisted Sebastian Haensel 34 minutes in for a shot from 18 yards out.
Three minutes later, Towson scored again, this time from 15 yards out by Kevin Ruck, assisted by Sean Cunningham.
VCU’s only point came toward the very end of the match, seconds after Towson’s final point. Matthijs Maruanaya (Alkmaar, Netherlands) converted Thomas Weingartner’s pass from 20 yards out.
VCU was outshot by Towson 14-15, but led 8-7 in shots on goal.
Women’s Soccer
RICHMOND-The Rams (11-4-3, 7-2-1) tied Towson University (5-10-2, 1-8-1) Sunday.
VCU’s point was scored almost 30 minutes into the second half when Pernilla Jansson (Stockholm, Sweden) sent the ball to Karin Tersteeg (Diepenveen, Netherlands) who put in a header off the corner.
In the 49th minute of play, Towson scored their lone goal as Rosie Goldberg picked up the assist from Phyllicia Rosselli.
VCU massively outshot Towson 31-14, shooting 13-3 shots on goal in the 110-minute game.