PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania women's soccer team got a spectacular goal from freshman Mila Maltby, but it wasn't enough as the Quakers could not come all the way back from a two-goal deficit and dropped a 2-1 final to Drexel Sunday evening at the Dragons' Vidas Field.

The Red and Blue are now 0-2-0 on the young season while the host Dragons improved to 1-2-0.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*Three Quakers—senior captain Maya Leschly, sophomore Clare Robke, and freshman Isabella Zulli—played the entire match, the trio clocking a full 90 minutes on the pitch.

*Freshmen Ariel Katz, Leigha Matter, and Hailey Adamsky made their collegiate debuts, with Adamsky making her first career start.

*Sophomore Edie Priest made her first appearance for Penn; the Arizona State transfer played 42 minutes in the contest.

*In addition to scoring her first collegiate goal, Maltby registered 39 minutes off the bench.

*Magali Capdevila, Abbey Cook, and captain Kat Peroulas tallied Penn's three other shots on Sunday night.

*Junior goalkeeper Annabel Austen clocked a full 90 minutes between the pipes, stopping three shots.

How it Happened
The Dragons produced multiple shots over the first 15 minutes of game action, while a strong Penn defensive effort saw Leschly and Zulli deflect several shots from the Dragon offensive attack. At the other end, Penn recorded early shots by way of sophomores Cook and Capdevila.

Drexel's Liv Brocious scored just past the quarter hour of play, heading home a cross from Casey Touey for a 1-0 Dragons advantage.

Brocious doubled DU's lead with her second of the night almost exactly on the hour (60:08). Austen made an initial save on a shot by Touey, but she could not secure the ball and Brocious was there to pick up the rebound for the easy conversion.

Maltby scored Penn's first goal of the season in the 72nd minute in spectacular fashion. Taking a pass from Abbey Cook in the middle of the pitch, the freshman took a touch to set herself and then rocketed a shot from about 30 yard out that sailed past a diving Drexel goalkeeper and tucked into the upper right corner.

That seemed to give the Quakers life, but they could not turn it into an equalizer as Drexel was able to see out the victory on its home field.

Up Next
Penn continues its five-game season-opening road trip with a trip to Arizona next weekend. The Quakers will play two games in the Grand Canyon State, on Thursday night at Northern Arizona (10 p.m. Eastern) and Sunday at Arizona State (4 p.m. Eastern).