UMBC

BALTIMORE—The UMBC women’s soccer team will play its only game of the season under the lights of UMBC Stadium Friday evening when the Sacred Heart Pioneers come to Baltimore. Kick-off is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Last Time Out: The Retrievers dropped both games of last weekend’s D.C. Invitational at Georgetown. UMBC fell to the host Hoyas, 7-0, on Friday and to American, 1-0, on Sunday. Senior goalie Christine Bacinski (Hampstead, Md./Mount de Sales) tied her career high with eight saves against Georgetown, which was ranked sixth in the Mid-Atlantic region, while freshman keeper Mo Van Vlerah (Boyds, Md./Northwest) tied her season high with six stops against the Eagles. UMBC did not allow a first-half goal to American, the first time the Retrievers have held their opponent scoreless through halftime this season.

Pioneer Points: Sacred Heart is 0-3-0 on the season and coming off a 6-0 loss to Seton Hall on Saturday at the Army Invitational. Midfielder Leigh Dogmantis scored the Pioneers’ only goal of the season in a 2-1 loss to Army on Aug. 28. Goalie Meghan Reichelt has posted a 3.52 goals-against average and a .621 save percentage with 18 stops. Sacred Heart was picked to finish fifth in the Northeast Conference preseason poll after going 5-12-4 and advancing to the league title game in 2007.

The Series: Sacred Heart holds a 3-1-2 series lead over UMBC. The Retrievers’ lone victory came in the teams’ first meeting, 2-0, on Sept. 5, 1999. UMBC and Sacred Heart met each year from 1999-2002 as Northeast Conference rivals. The teams played to a 1-1 draw last season on Sept. 21 in Fairfield, Conn., in their first meeting since 2002. UMBC forward Ashley Singer (Baltimore, Md./Kenwood) scored in the 80th minute to send the game into overtime after Sacred Heart led for most of the game.