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Wildcats Take Maryland to the Wire in Season Finale
11/4/2022 8:29:00 PM | Men's Soccer
COLLEGE PARK, Md. –– Northwestern fell 1-0 on the road against Big Ten Regular Season Champion Maryland Friday night at Ludwig Field in the Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinal. The Wildcats season comes to a close in the Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinal.
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Maryland 1
Northwestern 0
Our season comes to a close after taking Big Ten Regular Season Champion Maryland to the wire pic.twitter.com/6vSRmyO2Ek
How it Happened
The Wildcats came out of the gate hot, taking the first three shots of the game and forcing the Maryland Goalkeeper to make a pair of saves. No. 7 Maryland settled in and earned a penalty kick in the 31st minute, but hit the crossbar to keep things scoreless. The two teams finished the first 45 minutes deadlocked at 0. Maryland looked poised to take the lead again when the Terps earned their second penalty kick of the game, but Christian Garner was up to the task and made the save to keep UMD off the scoresheet. Maryland's breakthrough came in the 76th minute when a loose ball fell to Colin Griffith inside the six-yard box, who slotted it home. Christian Garner led Northwestern with six saves. The Wildcats recorded five shots in the loss, three of them on goal. Northwestern faced 13 Maryland shots, eight of them on goal.
Game Notes
- The Terrapins went 0/2 from the penalty spot, after making their first four penalties this year
- Garner piled up six saves for the Wildcats
- Northwestern totaled two shots on goal in the first 12 minutes of action
- Ethan Dudley started his 17th match of the season, playing all 90 minutes in 16 of the Wildcats 17 contests this season
- Jason Gajadhar tallied a shot on goal for the Wildcats after being named to the Big Ten All Freshman Team earlier today.
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Team Stats
Colin Griffith (2)
Assisted By: Malcolm Johnston , Nick Richardson
GOAL by UMD Griffith, Colin Assist by Johnston, Malcolm and Richardson, Nick.
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