The McMaster women's soccer team got down, fought back, but fell short in a 4-3 loss to Waterloo on Sunday afternoon.

The Marauders opened the scoring in the 8th minute when Emma Mangialardi, playing her first game this season, collected a poor clearing attempt by the Warriors and held the ball until the keeper committed before stepping past her to tap into the open net.

A corner opportunity in the 17th minute almost gave McMaster another goal, but Warrior keeper Lesia Bandura made a brilliant save to deny Marauder Alex Leonardelli's header.
In the 34th minute, Waterloo took advantage of a Marauder miscue and Melanie Mitchell found herself alone in front and she scored the equalizer.  The teams headed into the intermission tied 1-1.

The second half saw Waterloo explode for three goals within the first 23 minutes.  Tara Butterworth broke the tie off a scramble in front of the McMaster net in the 54th minute.  Then the Warriors got goals from Kaileigh Van Brunt (58th) and Kaitlyn Unger (67th) to take a commanding 4-1 lead.

After one of the Marauders was taken down in the box in the 72nd minute, Mangialardi stepped up to the spot with a chance to cut the deficit, but was high with her shot.

Just moments later Marauder Maureen Mai was sent in alone and calmly slipped one past the keeper to make it 4-2.

The Marauders continued to press and Mai got another look from in close and scored again in the 88th minute to bring McMaster within one. 

Despite some desperate effort through extra time, the Marauders could not get the equalizer and Waterloo left with the win.
 
Next action for the Marauders is on Wednesday, October 1st when they travel to Brock to face the Badgers at 1 pm.