DAYTON – The University of Dayton women's soccer team and George Washington tied 1-1 on Sunday afternoon on the Flyers' Senior Day at Baujan Field.
UD (5-6-3, 2-1-3 A10) held firm control of the match but could not break through after GW (4-5-5, 1-2-3 A10) tied the match in the first half.
Dayton opened the scoring on a highlight reel goal, as freshman
Reese Gallagher found the feet of junior
Liv Grenda, who then beat multiple defenders and set fellow junior
Laney Smith for a wide-open goal in the 16th minute.
GW evened the scoring with a goal in the 39th minute, and despite a handful of chances on both sides in the second half, neither team found the back of the net again.
Dayton dominated multiple categories, including total shots (24-5), shots on goal (13-1) and corner kicks (8-3), but the Revolutionaries keeper was up to the task.
KEY STATS
24 – shots for Dayton, its second game of 24+ shots this week
13 – shots on goal for the Flyers, their third 10+ SOG game of A10 play and second in a row
4 – goals on the campaign for
Laney Smith, putting her in the team lead
3 – assist total for
Liv Grenda this season after registering another this afternoon
UP NEXT
The Flyers have almost a full week before their next contest, traveling to Davidson for Atlantic 10 action on Saturday, Oct. 17 to take on the Wildcats at 7 p.m. at Alumni Soccer Field.
