Late First Half Goal by Runk Propels Harford Women’s Soccer to 1-0 Win Over Howard

From Harford Community College Sports Information

BEL AIR, Md.—Freshman forward Tiffany Runk (Abingdon, Md./Kenwood) scored her sixth goal of the season as the Harford women’s soccer team notched a 1-0 win over Howard on a wet and windy Friday evening at Harford Stadium.

The Fighting Owls (4-3-0, 3-1-0 MDJUCO) outshot the Dragons (3-8-0, 2-3-0 MDJUCO), 12-9, but only four of those shots were on target, including Runk’s score late in the first half.
Runk maneuvered around a Howard defender in the box and fired from 10 yards out into the upper left to give the Owls the 1-0 advantage at the 42:59 mark.

The goal would be the only one of the game as sophomore goalie Jessica Stumpf (Baltimore, Md./Perry Hall) made five saves in the 90:00 and her counterpart, Jess Fainberg totaled three saves.

Harford picked up the only cautions of the game as sophomore forward Terry Buontempo (Nottingham, Md./Perry Hall) received a yellow at the 85:42 mark and freshma n forward Lauren Ward (Bel Air, Md./Fallston) took one in the 88th minute.

The Fighting Owls also held a 4-1 advantage on corner kicks and return to action on Monday, Sept. 29 when they host Gloucester for a 4:00 p.m. game at Harford Stadium.