#8 Tartans Earn 2-2 Tie Against NYU Behind Two Goals by Adams

(PITTSBURGH, Pa.) – The eighth-ranked Carnegie Mellon University women's soccer team hosted New York University for the first University Athletic Association (UAA) contest of the season, rallying for a 2-2 tie after putting 10 shots on goal. The Tartans are now 6-1-2 for the year, as the Violets improve to 4-0-5.

Inside The Box Score

• The Violets scored two quick goals in the sixth and seventh minutes to take an early 2-0 lead.
• Senior Alex Adams cut the deficit to one with a score in the 16th minute. Adams finished a rebound off a shot by freshman Jenna Hallbeck after a free kick outside the box was passed to Hallbeck for the shot.
• Sophomore Catherine MacNichol nearly tied the game two minutes before halftime but her shot on frame was pushed wide by Tyler Hawkins in net for the Violets.
• Junior Cecelia Dieterich had a shot saved by Hawkins in the 47th minute and then NYU handled the ball in the box while trying to clear it leading to a penalty kick.
• Dieterich fired the penalty kick straight on which was stopped by Hawkins.
• Adams found the net again on a rebound in the 62nd minute after senior Helena Spencer fired a shot that Hawkins dove to save that bounced back to the center of the goal frame for Adams charging the net.
• NYU had a shot on goal in the 68th minute that was stopped by senior Olivia Brand while Brand stopped another shot in the 88th minute to keep the game tied.

Up Next

The Tartans travel to Brandeis University for a 1:30 p.m. match on Saturday, October 8.