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Mia Pongratz takes goal kick
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Winner VCU VCU (1-2-2, 0-0-0)
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Loyola Maryland LOY (3-1-1, 0-0-0)
Winner
VCU VCU
(1-2-2, 0-0-0)
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Final
0
Loyola Maryland LOY
(3-1-1, 0-0-0)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
VCU VCU 1 1 2
Loyola Maryland LOY 0 0 0

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

RAMS BLANK LOYOLA MARYLAND, HUTCHINSON EARNS FIRST WIN

Score: VCU 2, Loyola Maryland 0
Location: Baltimore, Md. / Ridley Sports Complex
Records: VCU (1-2-2), Loyola Maryland (3-1-1)
 
THE SHORT STORY
VCU women's soccer took just 1:47 to take its decisive lead at previously undefeated Loyola Maryland, scoring on a rocket from Jensyn Lins and never relinquishing the advantage. Head Coach Lauryn Hutchinson earned her first career win with the Rams' Thursday evening victory.
 
PITCH SIDE
  • VCU women's soccer alum and first-year head coach Hutchinson earned the first victory in her coaching career
  • Mia Pongratz posted the first clean sheet of her career, making five saves
  • Jensyn Lins contributed to both goals, netting her first in a VCU uniform and assisting on her third of the year
  • Keira McCloskey scored her first career goal, marking the fourth Ram to do so this season
  • Both Isabelle Franklin and Keira Connolly notched their first career points, each tallying an assist
  • The Rams did not make a substitution in the first half and had four field players put in the full 90
  • VCU kept its perfect record against Loyola, rising to 4-0 with its fourth shutout of the series
  • Yellow cards were issued to VCU's Ameerah Maamry and the bench
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • VCU opened the contest with a statement goal in just the second minute as Lins' eventual game-winner set the tone for the match
  • The Rams took command of possession early, not allowing Loyola to create any scoring opportunities until the 15th minute
  • In a highly defensive first half, both teams were limited to just one shot on goal with the possession favoring the Greyhounds late in the period
  • Despite coming out of the locker rooms for a much more aggressive second half, neither team surrendered a shot until Pongratz preserved her shutout with a 62nd-minute save
  • McCloskey rocketed a strike into the top left corner past Greyhound keeper Brigid Mulholland to extend VCU's lead to a pair, 2-0
  • Steadfast between the posts, the Rams' junior keeper made her fifth save in the 83rd minute as the visitors went on to secure their first victory of 2025 
 
UP NEXT
VCU will return to action in a week at Sports Backers Stadium as it hosts Navy on Thursday, Sept. 4 as the first of a two-game home week. The Rams will then welcome in-state opponent Old Dominion on Sunday, Sept. 7 for their "Kick for a Cure" pink game.
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