Box Score: VCU 2, Navy 1
Location: Richmond, Va. / Sports Backers Stadium
Records: VCU (2-2-2), Navy (5-3)
 
THE SHORT STORY
After a lengthy rain delay and a slow start, VCU women's soccer staged a miraculous comeback, made final by an 85^th-minute beauty from Jazmin Jackson to lift the Rams over the Midshipmen, 2-1.
 
PITCH SIDE

• Jackson's first career goal was the game-winning goal
• Kendyl Sarver, who returned from injury this season, scored her first goal of the season
• Isabelle Franklin notched her third assist, while Sarver and Keira Connolly each tallied their second of the season
• VCU now has seven goals scored by seven different Rams, six games marks the fastest the team has reached seven goal-scorers since they did so in three game in 2019
• The Rams outshot the Midshipmen 14-9 and committed just five fouls to Navy's 13
• Mia Pongratz made four saves between the posts, bringing her season total to 28

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The game was quiet for the first eight minutes with VCU and Navy trading possession but conceding no opportunities
• In the ninth minute, the Midshipmen were the first to strike as Pongratz made a pair of saves
• Emerging from a 0-0 tie at half time, Navy got on the board first on a long run past Pongratz by Jessica Black to snap the stalemate
• Breaking into the Mids' defensive third with a free kick, Connolly bounced a hard shot off the left post before Sarver found the back of the net off the rebound, evening the score, 1-1
• Jackson entered the game at 83:21 and VCU pieced together its game-winning goal on one-touch passes from Franklin and Sarver
• The Rams emerged with the win, 2-1, over the Mids to secure back-to-back victories for the first time this season

 
UP NEXT
VCU will welcome in-state opponent Old Dominion to Sports Backers Stadium on Sunday, Sept. 7 for their "Kick for a Cure" pink game. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m., and the game will be broadcast on ESPN+.