Box Score NEWPORT, R.I. —

In a chilly fall afternoon game, Coast Guard women's soccer fell 1-0 on the road visiting the Salve Regina Seahawks. The win improves Salve to 8-3-4 (5-3-2 NEWMAC). The Seahawks will next travel to Smith College on Saturday at 12:00 PM.

Early on it was Salve with all of the opportunities, across the first 10 minutes of actions, Salve had five shots and three corners while dominating the time of possession. The Bears defense held strong despite the constant early pressure with a potentially goal-saving Ellie Millner (Woodbridge, Va.) block, a diving Julia Little (Pensacola, Fla.) save, and numerous Lulu Vlases (Bozeman, Mont.) forced turnovers. 

Despite their struggles to maintain possession, the Bears did get a strong shot on goal by Mary Arengo (Cincinnati, Ohio). After the Arengo shot, Coast Guard was able to get momentum on offense and maintain some opportunities in their offensive zone, getting three corners in five minutes, but could not capitalize with a goal.

With under 20 to go, after another diving Little save, the Seahawks seemed destined to score with the ball in front of an open goal but Millner and Vlases combined to poke the opportunity away and keep the game scoreless. Another near Seahawk goal was again stopped with 12 to go in the half when Mallory Sultan (Ashburn, Va.) just barely got her knee on a shot with no one between her and the goal. Just one minute later however, the Salve offense finally broke through with a goal on their 10th shot of the game. 

In the final 10 minutes of the half, momentum swayed both ways but neither team could garner any strong chances with the defenses dominating.

Just as they did at the start of the game, Salve had a handful of strong opportunities at the start of the second half, with four shots in the first five minutes of action, one of which was on goal that Julia Little saved and another that sailed just high. Over the next five, the Seahawks had two strong centering passes in front of the goal but couldn't convert either one into a shot on goal.

As the game clock ticked under 30 minutes to go, the play got chippier but the Salve offense maintained control. Once again despite the constant pressure, the CGA defense played strong and held them off, including back-to-back dangerous corners headed away by Lulu Vlases and Mary Arengo respectively. The Bears first big chance came right after those stops when a booming Ellie Millner free-kick from near midfield forced a diving save by the Salve keeper.

As Salve did their best to run out the clock, the Bears chances were few and far between with a corner and lengthy free kick as their main chances, both of which had strong entrance passes but neither resulted in shots on goal. In the end, Salve continued to ride the bus to victory in a shutout effort. 

The loss drops Coast Guard to 2-5-7 (0-3-5 NEWMAC). They will look to get back in thee win column at home on Saturday vs WPI at noon.