With just over eight minutes remaining against UMBC, Maryland men’s soccer forward Jacen Russell-Rowe seemingly put the nail in the coffin after scoring the team’s fourth goal of the night. However, a goal seven seconds later followed by another in the 86th minute from the Retrievers suddenly gave the Terps a scare.
Maryland held on for the tight 4-3 victory, but it didn’t come without a tremendous test of mental toughness for the Terps.
The response to Maryland’s blunder down the stretch comes on Friday when the Terps host George Mason under the lights of Ludwig Field.