» Inaki Rodriguez netted his first goal of the season.
» Michigan tallied 15 shots with seven on goal.
» Six Wolverines had multi-shot games with seven different players putting a shot on net.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The University of Michigan men’s soccer team battled to the very end in a 2-1 loss to No. 8 the University of Maryland in its Big Ten Conference opener Friday night (Sept. 16) at a sold-out U-M Soccer Stadium.
The Wolverines (2-4-1, 0-1-0 B1G) tallied 15 shots, putting seven on goal compared to the Terrapins’ four. Senior Inaki Rodriguez netted U-M’s lone goal in the first half off an intercepted pass, while six Wolverines had multi-shot games and seven different players put a shot on frame.
Despite chances late into the second half, it was Maryland (4-1-1, 1-0-0 B1G) who found the game-winner in the 64th minute off a rebound.
Michigan set the pace of the match early with three corners and Kevin Buca had back-to-back shots that led to a corner and a resulting shot by Brennan Callow for the Maize and Blue in the 23rd minute of the match.
The Wolverines carried the possession time in their favor, but it was the Terrapins who opened the scoring with a header off a set piece in the 29th minute. The Maize and Blue wasted no time responding, as Rodriguez intercepted a pass just outside the 18-yard box and blasted a shot into the upper right corner of the net to tie the game at 1-1 in the 31st minute.
U-M looked to take the lead when Zach Martens got a pass up to Christian Pulselli, but the…
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