MILWAUKEE – Sophomore Nyasia Hardy (Fort Wayne, Ind./Snider) netted two goals—Mount Mary's first of the season—and added an assist, but her five-point effort fell just short as the MMU soccer team fell to archrival Alverno College, 4-3, Wednesday night at Alverno Soccer Field.

The loss drops Mount Mary to 0-4-0 overall.

Alverno (2-0-0 overall) surged to a 3-0 lead at the half, capped off with a late Inferno stroke in the 44^th minute from just outside the 18.

But Mount Mary settled in nicely in the second half, earning better scoring opportunities with much more tactical possessions.

In the 78^th minute, Hardy finally snapped what was a 28-goals-against streak for Mount Mary this season, doing so in unassisted fashion.

Alverno would respond a minute and a half later to extend the lead back to three goals, but a late MMU flurry certainly made the final few minutes interesting.

Freshman Micaela Gonzalez (Milwaukee, Wis./Brown Deer) scored her first collegiate goal at the 88:17 mark on a Hardy assist. Hardy, who led the Blue Angels with eight points in 2019, then added her second goal of the afternoon just over a minute later, and with 41 seconds left on the clock.

Despite being outshot 25-14 for the game, MMU actually led 10-9 in the second half alone.

Freshmen Brianna Brown (San Diego, Calif./Hoover) and Angie Gomez (Milwaukee, Wis./Martin Luther) split time in goal Wednesday. Brown tallied nine saves against 12 shots on-goal, while Gomez recorded a personal best four saves in the second half.

Mount Mary will return to action against its second straight NACC opponent next Tuesday, traveling to Lakeland for a 7 p.m. kickoff. Saturday's Blue Angel Bash matchup originally scheduled against Blackburn has been postponed due to COVID protocol with the Beavers' program.