Of all the wins in UConn women’s soccer history, No. 625 may have been the most unique. On Friday night, the Huskies took down in-state rival Yale 2-1 despite playing without a healthy goalkeeper for nearly the entire game. It’s something head coach Margaret Rodriguez had never seen in her soccer life.
“In my entire player career, my entire coaching career, I’ve never been in the situation,” she said postgame.
During warmups, starting goalie Kaitlyn Mahoney broke her wrist, which gave sophomore MaryKate Ward the start. UConn was already thin at the position with freshman Adyson Duran out with a hamstring injury, so Rodriguez knew they needed an emergency plan in case the worst-case scenario happened and Ward went down, too.