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SACO, Maine – Freshman Olivia Bamford scored her first career goal in the first minute to give the UMaine soccer team an early lead, but the Black Bears ultimately lost to the University of Massachusetts on a 92nd-minute goal. The Minutewomen tied the game at 1-1 with an 81st-minute goal and then found the net just under two minutes into the extra period to steal the Sunday night neutral site contest at Thornton Academy, 2-1.
 
Sophomore Annalena Kriebisch (1-3-1) made five saves in net - including two perfectly timed jumps to push the ball off or over the crossbar - while her counterpart, did Cassidy Babin, (1-3-0) had five saves for UMass as well.
 
The teams were even in corner kicks at 3-3 while UMass held the final edge in shots, 13-10.
 
The Black Bears move to 1-3-1 on the season while the Minutewomen bump to 1-3-0.
 
Goal Recaps
• Sophomore Nicole Bailey carried the ball down the left wing into space and looked up across the box before lofting a ball over the defenders. Bamford timed her run to the far post and was able to strike it right under the crossbar.
• Erin Doster trapped the ball just inside the 18-yard-line, turned on her defender and then surged towards the goal and finished past Kriebisch.
• With a bouncing, unclaimed ball in the box, Salma Anastasio was able to chest it down, control it and send it into the net for the game-winner 1:47 into the first overtime period.
 
Notes
• Bamford's goal was the first of her career and also the first for the Black Bears against UMass.
• Bailey now has a team-high two assists on the year.
• The teams doubled their series goal total tonight, as entering the contest, there had only been three goals total scored in four previous meetings.
• All five meetings between UMass and UMaine have been one-goal matches.
 
Up Next
• The Black Bears will return home for two games next week, battling the Bryant Bulldogs on Thursday, Sept. 7 and then the Marist Red Foxes on Sunday, Sept. 10.

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