ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine women's soccer team earned a 2-1 America East win over UMBC on Sunday afternoon at Retriever Soccer Park.
 
Kristina Kelly opened the scoring in the 19th minute with a long-distance strike. After Rebecca Grisdale fed her the ball 20 yards out from goal, Kelly struck a right-footed shot through traffic and inside the left post. The Retrievers responded 63 seconds later for a 1-1 game.
 
In the waning seconds of the first half, Tegan Morrison got off a corner kick with 15 seconds to play. The service bounced in the box before Julie Lossius stepped into a shot that deflected off of Abbey Thornton's foot and in for the 2-1 lead.
 
Maine's defense held strong in the second half – giving up just two shot attempts – and the Black Bears earned the 2-1 win.
 
NOTES

• Maine had the 17-5 lead in shots and a 6-1 lead in shots on goal.
• The Black Bears earned five corner kicks while giving up none.
• Kristina Kelly scored her third goal of the season.
• Abbey Thornton scored her second goal of the season … it was her first career game-winning goal.
• Abby Kraemer, Lara Kirkby and Jordane Pinette each had a game-high three shots.
• Luise Reinwald and Rebecca Grisdale both earned their first points of the season with assists in the game.
• Myla Schneider and Anna Phillips both played the full 90 minutes.
• Maine has now won seven consecutive games for the first time since 2006 ... this is Maine's first five-game conference winning streak since 2004.
• The Black Bears are the first America East team to start conference play with five consecutive wins since Boston University and Hartford both did it in 2012.
• This marks the first seven-game winning streak by an America East team since 2021.
• The Black Bears are now 14-6-2 in the all-time series with UMBC.

RECORDS

• Maine: 9-1-2, 5-0-0 America East
• UMBC: 5-8-0, 1-3-1 America East

UP NEXT

• Maine will now return home to host UAlbany on Sunday, Oct. 20.