Rolla, Mo. – The Missouri S&T Lady Miners open the home portion of its 2017 schedule on Friday night hosting the University of Indianapolis Greyhounds beginning at 5 p.m. at the S&T Soccer Field. Both teams are coming off of one goal losses on Sunday as the Lady Miners lost at Christian Brothers 2-1 and the Greyhounds fell to Saginaw Valley 1-0. On Sunday S&T travels to Louisville, Ky., to take on Bellarmine in an 11 am (CDT) start.
The Lady Miners look to bounce back after dropping its season opener on Sunday.
Kayla Foster (Sand Springs, Okla./Charles Page) put the S&T on the board in the 12
th minute running down a long throw-in from
Chayse Richardson (Collinsville, IL/Collinsville) and chipping one over the keeper from 20 yards out. The Lady Miners struggled to get their offense going generating only four shots in the contest.
Liz Carrano (Gurnee, Ill./Warren Township) stopped 12 of 14 shots faced in her S&T debut.
The Lady Miners have won two straight and three of the last four meetings against the 'Hounds played in Rolla. Last season S&T scored a pair of first half goals to take a 2-0 lead into the break only to see UIndy level the match with a pair of goals in the second half. The Lady Miners were able to pull out the win halfway through the first overtime as
Leah Camery (Anchorage, Alaska/Steller Secondary School) scored the game-winner.
The Greyhounds opened their season with a 1-0 win over Urbana last Thursday. They outshot the Knights 25-5 and 11-1 in shots on goal. Michele Govern scored the game-winner with 0:46 left in regulation off an assist from Stephanie Burdsall. On Sunday against Saginaw Valley, the 'Hounds gave up a goal in the 55
th minute and that proved to be the difference in their loss to the Cardinals.
Bellarmine heads into Friday's contest at Maryville with a record of 1-0 after upsetting second ranked Grand Valley State 2-1 in double overtime on Sunday night in Louisville. Samantha Ferry scored the game-winning goal with 1:53 left in the contest tracking down a long pass from Annabel Moore and shot it in from 18 yards out.
