VCU Women’s Soccer vs. Liberty (9/18/16)
Records: VCU 4-4-1, Liberty 4-5
The VCU Rams defeated the Liberty Flames 2-1 in well played match by both teams.
Sophomore Julia Suarez scored on a penalty kick early in the eighth minute after VCU drew a foul in the box to take 1-0 lead. Liberty then tied the game in the 33rd minute with a goal by Isabella Habuda. But in the 69th minute VCU would take the go-ahead lead with a goal by Amanda Tredway assisted by Kelly Graves. With under a minute to play, Liberty had back-to-back corner opportunities, with the final one that landed a header with four seconds to go, but goalkeeper Audrey Sanderson was there to make the save to seal the win for VCU.
Both teams totaled nine shots for the game, with Liberty putting six on goal to VCU’s four. Liberty also held the advantage in corner kicks 6-4, but VCU made up for it by drawing 18 fouls on Liberty. Sanderson picked up her fourth win of the season, totaling five saves for the match.
VCU returns to action on Thursday, September 29 when they begin conference play at Sportsbackers Stadium against the Davidson Wildcats. Game time is set for 7 p.m.
VCU Men’s Soccer vs. Old Dominion (9/20/16)
Records: VCU 2-5, ODU 3-3-1
VCU Rallies in 5-1 victory over ODU
By: Jacob Sexton
VCU Men’s Soccer was coming into Tuesday’s game with a 1-5 record following their 3-0 loss to the University of Virginia last Wednesday. However Tuesday, the Rams were prepared for an Old Dominion University team coming into Sportsbackers Stadium with a 3-2-1 record.
Old Dominion would strike first blood when midfielder CJ Taylor scored early in the game, with the assist from his teammate Jimmy Filerman in the 7th minute.
After that early goal, VCU would put on a show, mostly Luc Fatton, who would pull off a hat trick in just six minutes of play (27’, 29’ and 32’) with assists coming from teammates Jorge Herranz and Rafael Andrade Santos. Both Herranz (52’) and Andrade Santos (73’) would add on a goal later in the contest, giving the Rams a 5-1 victory over Old Dominion.
VCU’s next game will be on the road as they will play at Saint Louis on September 24th at 8:30 p. m.
VCU Volleyball vs. Towson (9/20/16)
Records: VCU 8-7, Towson 12-2
The VCU Rams had won five straight entering Tuesday’s game with Towson, but Towson was just too much for VCU as they snapped the Rams five game winning streak with a 3-1 win (25-17, 25-22, 26-28, 25-17).
After losing the first set, VCU had a prime opportunity in the second set to tie the match. VCU led in the second set 21-19, but back-to-back aces by Towson keyed a 6-1 run to win the set for Towson. VCU won the third set to keep the match alive, but the fourth set was all Towson as VCU never got closer than three points after being down 19-14 in the set.
Freshman Jasmin Sneed and sophomore Sahbria McLetchie combined for 28 points in the match and junior Rebekah Strange, who was named the Atlantic 10 Conference’s Defensive Player of the Week on Monday, collected 16 more digs for the Rams.
VCU returns to the Siegel Center on Saturday, September 24 to begin conference play against Davidson. Match begins at 3 p.m.
