Rosen Nets Equalizer Before Women’s Soccer Falls to Columbia, 2-1

Saturday, September 29

Providence, RI

3:30 PM

Brown University

4-6-1, 0-2-0Ivy

Columbia

5-4-1, 2-0-0Ivy

Columbia

Brown

Rosen Nets Equalizer Before Women’s Soccer Falls to Columbia, 2-1

9/29/2018 6:48:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Freshman Rebecca Rosen netted an equalizer in the 88^th minute before the Lions scored the game-winning goal in the 90^th minute as Brown University women's soccer fell to Columbia University, 2-1, on Saturday afternoon at Stevenson-Pincince Field.

In their Ivy League home opener, the Bears (4-6-1, 0-2-0 Ivy) controlled play in the second half and knotted the game at 1-1 with 2:01 remaining before the Lions (5-4-1, 2-0-0 Ivy) re-gained the lead with 44.3 seconds left in regulation.

Rosen (Port Washington, N.Y.) scored her second goal of the season while freshman Maesyn G'Bye (Ladera Ranch, Calif.) tallied her team-high fourth assist of the year, placing her in a tie for third in the league in assists.

As part of a second half in which the Bears outshot the Lions, 13-3, Rosen broke through at the 87:59 mark as G'Bye played a free kick into the box where Rosen flicked the ball inside the left post for her second goal off a header this year.

Columbia answered just over a minute later as Rachel Alexander found Jordyn Geller on a counterattack and Geller slotted a shot into the right side of the goal at 89:15.

Brown nearly equalized on multiple occasions earlier in the second half beginning with a turnaround shot on goal in the 54^th minute from freshman Sara Bermudez (South San Francisco, Calif.) who finished with a game-high six shots.

Junior Abby Carchio (Lakeville, Mass.) tested the goalkeeper in the 65^th minute, placing a free kick from 19 yards on frame. In the 70^th minute, Rosen sent a glancing header off the right post off a long throw-in from G'Bye, and in the 83^rd minute a header from Bermudez off a free kick from G'Bye went just over the crossbar.

Columbia took a 1-0 lead in the 19^th minute as Kathryn Cortiz pushed a ball into the penalty area where Cayla Davis fed Amaris Hemmings who knocked a shot into the goal from inside the six-yard box at 18:33. In the 68^th minute, Alexander hit the crossbar.

For the match, the Bears led in shots (20-8) and shots on goal (7-3) while Columbia held a slight advantage in corner kicks (5-4).

Brown senior goalkeeper Christine Etzel (Madison, Conn.) made one save while Columbia net-minder Sophie Whitehouse stopped six shots. The Lions beat the Bears with a goal in the 89^th minute or later for the fourth straight year.

Next, Brown continues Ivy League play at Princeton University on Saturday, Oct. 6 at 4:00 p.m. (ESPN+).

Video of all Brown women's soccer home contests and all Ivy League games, home and away, will be broadcast live on ESPN+.

Tickets for all Brown women's soccer games can be purchased online, by calling the Brown Athletics Ticket Office at (401) 863-2773, or by walking up to the box office located in the Pizzitola Sports Center, open Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.