ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The Navy women's soccer team will continue its early season non-conference action this weekend with a pair of road tilts versus neighboring Maryland schools. First up for the Midshipmen, who went 1-0-1 in their first week of competition in this 2021 season, is a Thursday night matchup at Towson (1-0-1) beginning at 7 p.m. at Tiger Field. After that contest, the Mids will turn their sights onto the Terrapins of the University of Maryland (2-0) on Sunday afternoon. The Mids and Terps are scheduled for a 4:30 p.m. kickoff at Ludwig Field in College Park. Towson and Maryland are two of the more common non-conference foes for Navy as the teams have met a combined 20 times since 1994 with 13 Navy-Maryland matchups and seven Navy-Towson contests. Both games this week will have live stats available with streaming of Thursday's match on FloSports and Sunday's on BigTen Network Plus (BTN+); both of the respective streaming services require fans to subscribe prior to tuning into the action.
Navy vs. Towson
Thursday marks the eighth meeting between the Mids and Tigers in their all-time series ... Prior to this tilt at Towson, the teams have only met once in the past 10 years, Sept. 9, 2012 when Navy edged Towson in Annapolis, 2-1 ... Delving deeper into the series, the Mids and Tigers were quite active in the early years of both programs as they met six times between 1994 (Navy's second season) and 2007 with Towson winning the initial meeting by a score of 2-1 in Annapolis ... All-time, Navy is 6-1 against Towson ... Sept. 21, 1995 was the only previous matchup that was played at Towson, a 3-0 win by Navy.
Last 5 Matchups
In the last five matchups dating back to 1996, the Mids are 5-0 with a 9-2 advantage in scoring over that span.
Sept. 9, 2012 (H): Navy 2 - Towson 1
Sept. 9, 2007 (H): Navy 1 - Towson 0
Sept. 5, 2003 (H): Navy 2 - Towson 0
Oct. 20, 1998 (H): Navy 2 - Towson 0
Oct. 1, 1996 (H): Navy 2 - Towson 1
Navy vs. Maryland
Sunday will be the 14th meeting between the two schools in a series that began in 1996 ... All-time, Maryland is 10-1-2 over Navy ... In that first-ever matchup on Oct. 22, 1996, the Terrapins defeated the Mids, 4-0 in College Park ... Playing five times over that first 10-year span, Maryland earned victories in all five matchups ... The Mids earned their first tie versus the Terps on Sept. 8, 2014 with a 1-1 draw at home ... More recently, the teams have alternated results as Maryland holds just a 2-1-2 edge over the last five matchups dating back to that 2014 tie ... Navy secured its first win in the intrastate series in 2016 as the Mids defeated the Terps, 5-3 in Annapolis on Sept. 7.
Last 5 Matchups
In the last five matchups dating back to 2014, the Mids are 1-2-2 with the Terps holding a 9-6 advantage in total goals scored.
Aug. 26, 2018 (H): Navy 0 - Maryland 0
Aug. 20, 2017 (A): Maryland 3 - Navy 0
Sept. 7, 2016 (H): Navy 5 - Maryland 3
Aug. 23, 2015 (A): Maryland 2 - Navy 0
Sept. 8, 2014 (H): Navy 1 - Maryland 1
Comparing the Teams
| 2021 Fall Stats |
Navy |
Towson |
Maryland |
| Record |
1-0-1 |
1-0-1 |
2-0 |
| Goals/Gm |
2.00 |
2.00 |
2.50 |
| Assists/Gm |
1.50 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
| Shots/Gm |
16.5 |
18.0 |
18.0 |
| Goals Against Average |
1.35 |
0.45 |
0.00 |
| GK Saves/Gm |
5.00 |
5.00 |
2.00 |
Individual Leaders
|
Navy |
Towson |
Maryland |
| Goals |
Four Players, 1 |
Canoles/Christopher, 2 |
Poarch, 2 |
| Assists |
McCaleb, 2 |
Banks/Rush, 1 |
Four Players, 1 |
| Points |
Herrmann, 3 |
Canoles/Christopher, 4 |
Poarch, 5 |
| Shots |
Doran, 7 |
Canoles, 11 |
Poarch, 11 |
| GK Saves |
Gallagher, 10 |
Melendez, 10 |
Brucia, 4 |
Last Time Out: August 22 vs. George Washington
In Navy's second game of the 2021 season, the fans at the Glenn Warner Soccer Facility were treated to a contest filled with explosive offensive moments and action that quickly flowed from end-to-end. After 90 minutes of regulation competition and two more thrilling sudden victory overtime periods, the Mids (1-0-1) and Colonials of George Washington University (0-1-1) walked off the field with a hard-fought 2-2 draw. The teams combined for four first-half goals and 40 overall shots with 17 attempts on target in Sunday's non-conference matchup.
Katie Herrmann and
Rylee Rives tallied the goals for Navy, while
Sadie McCaleb was credited with assists on both scores.
The action on Sunday started at a breakneck pace as the teams combined for four shots in the opening eight minutes. The visiting Colonials made sure the game's fifth attempt left its mark as Kelly Amador deposited a Maria Pareja cross into the back of the net at 10:20.
Down 1-0, the Mids' eyes were focused on drawing the score even as they recorded two more shots in the ensuing seven minutes of play. Navy's pressure eventually paid off in a quick series of plays and the game-tying goal. The sequence began when
Carolyn Mang found
Alexa Riddle in stride as the freshman forward dribbled towards goal only to have G.W.'s goalkeeper Tamaki Machi leap off her line and slide at Riddle, knocking the ball away before Riddle could get a shot off. The subsequent corner kick piece consisted of a well-struck kick from McCaleb and a leaping header shot by Herrmann into the upper-90 at the 27:11 mark of the first half.
The game didn't stay at that 1-1 score for long as George Washington pulled back ahead less than five minutes later when the Colonials tied together a crisp string of passes from Amador and Sophia Danyko-Kulchycky to the waiting Sammy Neyman, who one-timed a shot for a goal at 32:07.
The back-and-forth action continued as Navy nearly evened the match in the 37th minute when
Tori Liesen ripped a shot towards the goal that beat Machi, but rang off the crossbar and one-hopped to Rives, who headed the ball into Machi's hands. Rives got her chance at redemption a few minutes later when she was on the receiving end of a McCaleb throw-in into the box. The freshman tracked the throw-in through the air and swiftly connected with a volley that lofted the ball over Machi and into the back of the net at 42:11.
Coming out of the halftime intermission with the score knotted at 2-2, both teams were on the hunt for that go-ahead third goal. In a mixture of strong goalkeeping and unlucky bounces off the posts, neither the Mids or Colonials were able to pull ahead in the second half.
In just the second game of the season for either team, the energy levels for both Navy and George Washington kept up throughout regulation and into overtime. Tied 2-2, the back-and-forth offensive-heavy action resulted in 12 combined shots over the 20 minutes of golden goal extra time.
With no teams able to score in overtime the game went final with the final score, 2-2. Overall, Navy outshot George Washington, 23-17 with a 10-7 edge in shots on goal over 110 minutes of play. Gallagher finished with five saves in goal for the Mids.
