The Lancaster Bible College women's soccer team began its 2019 season with a 1-0 loss to Waynesburg at the Donald H. Funk Field, as the Yellow Jackets scored with 7:57 to play, and earned the one-goal victory. The Chargers are now 0-1 this season, while Waynesburg improved to 1-0.
 
How it Happened: Lancaster Bible earned a corner kick just 4:16 into the contest, but the Chargers struggled to find offensive chances for the rest of the opening 45 minutes, as did the visiting Yellow Jackets, and the teams combined for just five shots in the first half. Waynesburg had two shots saved by Lancaster Bible goalkeeper Erin Mikula over the opening 14 minutes, and the teams traded possessions for the final 31 minutes.
 
Both teams began to find a little rhythm offensively midway through the second half, and the Yellow Jackets earned a corner kick with 25 minutes to play. Lancaster Bible senior Maggie Arnold had two shots for the Chargers later in the second half, including one chance from in close that just went wide of the goal.
 
After a foul on Lancaster Bible with under 10 minutes to play, Waynesburg set up a play on the left side of the field, outside of the box, and had players run from the right to the middle of the field. One of the players running was Emily Hill, who deflected a pass from Teagan Jenner up over the goalkeeper Mikula, and gave the Yellow Jackets a 1-0 lead.
 
Lancaster Bible never threatened again, and lost their opening game for the fifth straight season.
 
Statistically Speaking: Waynesburg led in shots, 8-5, including 6-0 in shots on goal…The Chargers had two corner kicks, while the Yellow Jackets had just one…Mikula made five saves for the Chargers…Arnold's two shots led the Chargers, while Avery Bieber, Bryanna Hoover and Marissa Allebach also recorded shots…Emily Hill had a team-high four shots for the Yellow Jackets.


The Coach Says: "I thought the girls played hard and really implemented everything we asked of them this week during practice," Lancaster Bible Head Coach Ally Long said. "We're continuing to grow and focus on getting better every day."
 
News & Notes: Lancaster Bible has not won a season-opener since 2014, when the Chargers defeated Mount Aloysius, 4-1…Lancaster Bible is  now 2-15-1 overall in season-opening games, and 4-14 in home openers…Lancaster Bible is just 4-5-1 over its past 10 home games dating back to the final game of the 2017 season.
 
Up Next: Lancaster Bible returns to action on Tuesday, as the Chargers travel to Reading, Pa. to face Alvernia at 4 p.m.