University of Maryland, Baltimore County Women’s Soccer can clinch an America East Conference postseason berth with a win at Bryant on Sunday, Oct. 25. University of Maryland, Baltimore County Women’s Soccer enters the 1 p.m. match with a 9-4-3 overall record and a 3-2-1 conference mark, while Bryant is 5-6-3 overall and 3-2-1 in America East Conference play.
The match will be played in Smithfield, Rhode Island, and will stream on ESPN+ with live statistics. Bryant is part of a five-way tie for second place in the conference standings with 10 points.
UMBC Women’s Soccer Leads America East in Goals and Assists
UMBC leads the America East Conference with 27 goals and 24 assists. The Retrievers rank second in the conference with 6.06 shots on goal per game and are ranked 166th in the latest NCAA RPI rankings.
Freshman forward Brooke Clagett and redshirt sophomore midfielder Zoe Brossman each have six goals, tied for fourth in the conference. Clagett leads the league with four game-winning goals and has been named America East Rookie of the Week three times. Brossman has scored three goals from penalty kicks and has two game-winning goals.
Sophomore midfielder Delainey Proctor, sophomore defender Hailey Ahmed and graduate forward Cece Price are tied for the UMBC team lead with three assists. Proctor also has three goals and two game-winning goals, while Ahmed earned America East Defensive Player of the Week honors on Oct. 5.
Junior goalie Amara Codd has played 1,440 minutes, fifth in the NCAA. She ranks fourth in the conference with a 1.06 goals-against average, fifth with a .782 save percentage and tied for second with six shutouts.
Bryant Women’s Soccer Comes Off Win Over Maine
Bryant is coming off a 1-0 win over Maine. Forward Samantha Zaslaw scored in the 55th minute on an assist from Morgan Nelson.
Bryant has scored 10 goals this season and has scored one or fewer goals in 12 of its 14 contests. Zaslaw leads the team with six goals, including three game-winning goals.
UMBC and Bryant Series History
UMBC is 1-1-2 all-time against Bryant. The Retrievers earned their first win in the series last season with a 2-1 victory at Retriever Soccer Park, when Payton Schenning and Regan Casper scored in the first half.
Bryant is 0-1-1 against UMBC in Smithfield. UMBC has won nine games for the first time since 2014, when the Retrievers finished 12-4-3, and has not won four America East Conference games since that season, when it finished 4-2-2.
UMBC is 7-1-2 at home this season, its best home mark since going 10-2 in 2013. The Retrievers are scheduled to host Maine on Nov. 1 at noon before playing at the America East Quarterfinals on Nov. 5 at a time to be determined.
Maryland Sports Blog Take
University of Maryland, Baltimore County Women’s Soccer has a direct path to an America East Conference postseason berth: a victory at Bryant. The Retrievers’ conference-leading goal and assist totals will be tested against a Bryant team with the same league record and a leading scorer in Samantha Zaslaw.
Clagett and Brossman lead UMBC’s scoring attack, while Codd anchors the defensive effort. A road win would secure the postseason berth and give the Retrievers their 10th victory of the season.
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