Maine Soccer Rallies from 2 Goals Down to Tie NJIT 2-2 [PHOTOS]
The Maine Soccer Team rallied from 2 goals down to tie the New Jersey Institute of Technology 2-2 on a cold, blustery day, on Sunday, October 27th at UMaine.
NJIT led 1-0 at the end of the 1st Half, with the Highlanders scoring with 6:40 left in the 1st Half.
Maine , playing into the wind in the 2nd Half, found themselves down 2-0 with 11:33 gone in the 2nd Half.
But then Maine drew within 1, when Lara Kirkby scored on penalty kick, to make the score 2-1, with 17:30 left to play.
Gillian Rovers then scored her 1st goal of the season, to tie the score, with 6:16 left to play, assisted by Kristina Kelly and Kayla Kraemer.
Maine outshot NJIT 21-3, with a 7-2 shots-on-goal advantage.
NJIT is 3-10-3 overall and 0-5-2 in America East. Maine is 10-1-3 overall and 6-0-1 in America East.
Maine plays at New Hampshire on Thursday, October 31st at 7 p.m. Maine is guaranteed to be either the #1 or #2 seed in the America East Tournament. With a win or tie against the Wildcats, Maine will be the #1 seed.
Check out photos from the game.
Maine-NJIT Soccer
Gallery Credit: Chris Popper