Virginia Commonwealth University

Box Score: George Washington 3, VCU 2
Location: Richmond, Va. / VCU Athletic Village
Records: VCU 1-11-3 (1-6 A10), George Washington 5-5-5 (2-2-3 A10)
 
THE SHORT STORY
George Washington completed its second-half comeback against VCU women's soccer on Saturday with an 89^th-minute goal at the Athletic Village. Monique McEnhimer and Jazmin Jackson each scored for the Rams, but GW brought the game just out of reach for a 3-2 final.
 
PITCH-SIDE

• McEnhimer scored her team-leading sixth goal of her freshman campaign
• Ishpreen Marwah notched an assist on the Rams' opening goal
• Jackson has scored in back-to-back games and tallied a match-high six shots
• Freshman Taleah James made her first career start, playing the full 90 minutes
• VCU led the match with 17 shots to GW's 14, but the Revolutionaries seven shots on goal edged the Rams' four
• Cameryn Nunn made four saves between VCU's posts
• The Rams had 12 shot attempts in the opening half and GW matched with 12 of their own in the back half

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• George Washington opened the scoring in the fifth minute off the boot of Ella Provost-Heron, striking the 1-0 goal over the head of a diving Nunn
• In the final five minutes of the opening half, McEnhimer and Jackson both found the back of the net to propel VCU to a 2-1 lead entering the break
• VCU held of the Revolutionaries until the 68^th-minute equalizer came on a set-piece strike from Michel, tying the teams at two apiece
• In the 89^th minute, GW completed its late comeback bid to stun the Rams, 3-2, at home

 
SCORING MOMENTS
5' | GW 1, VCU 0 – Ella Provost-Heron; Kalia Kau
41' | GW 1, VCU 1 – Monique McEnhimer; Ishpreen Marwah
45' | GW 1, VCU 2– Jazmin Jackson
68' | GW 2, VCU 2 – Sophia Michel
89' | GW 3, VCU 2 – Naomi Kim; Kate McGrath
 
UP NEXT
The Rams return to the road, taking on cross-town rival Richmond on Thursday, October 22 at 4:30 PM. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+.