ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine women's soccer team battled back from a two-goal second half deficit to earn a 2-2 America East tie with NJIT on Sunday afternoon at Mahaney Diamond.
 
The Highlanders took a 1-0 lead late in the first half when Bella Ramirez got into the box and lofted a high shot. NJIT then took a 2-0 lead in the 57th minute.
 
Trailing with less than 20 minutes to play, the Black Bears finally got on the board in the 73rd minute when Lara Kirkby converted a penalty kick. With six minutes to play in the second half, Gillian Rovers got on the end of a Kristina Kelly service and poked home her first goal of the season.

NOTES

• Maine had the 21-3 lead in shots and a 7-2 lead in shots on goal.
• The Black Bears earned nine corner kicks while giving up three.
• Gillian Rovers scored her first goal of the season.
• Lara Kirkby scored her fourth goal of the season, tying a career-high.
• Kirkby had a game-high six shots and three shots on goal.
• Kristina Kelly registered her team-leading fifth assist of the season … that marks a career-high.
• Maine now has four different double-digit point getters.
• Myla Schneider and Anna Phillips both played the full 90 minutes.
• Maine is now 2-1-3 in the all-time series with NJIT.

RECORDS

• Maine: 10-1-3, 6-0-1 America East
• NJIT: 3-10-3, 0-5-2 America East

UP NEXT

• Maine will close out the regular season on Thursday, Oct. 31 at New Hampshire … the Buffalo Wild Wings Border Battle is set to kick off at 6 p.m. and will stream live on ESPN+.