SCRANTON, Pa. –Sophomore Kat Kugler scored in the game's opening minute, but the University of Scranton rallied with a pair of goals to hand the Drew University women's soccer team a 2-1 setback in Landmark Conference play Wednesday evening.
 
The Rangers, who were missing a pair of starters, are now 7-4-2 and 2-1-1 in conference play this season while Scranton improved to 10-2-1 and 4-0 in the Landmark.
 
Just 52 seconds into the contest, sophomore Alexa Krause sent a high-arching pass into the box and Scranton goalie Dana Ogilvie came out to collect it. But it bounced over her head, and Kugler outraced a defender to tap the ball into the net for her second goal in the last three games.
 
Drew became just the fourth team and the first Landmark Conference opponent to score a goal this season versus the Royals, who had yielded just three goals in their first 12 matches.
 
Scranton went on to take the final 10 shots of the half and broke through on a Niamh Healy goal in the 35th minute. It was the only shot on frame for the Royals in the period.
 
Ogilvie made her only save of the night in the 57th minute, stopping an offering from junior Rebecca Racine.
 
The Royals scored the game-winner in the 59th minute, when Emily Bannon took a long cross from Claire Mulholland and tapped in a shot from the right side.
 
Scranton fired off seven more shots over the rest of the period, but sophomore Amina Cirkiel, who played the second half in goal for Drew, made two of her three saves following the goal to help keep the Rangers within striking distance.
 
The Rangers return to action on Saturday, when they visit Elizabethtown College at 4 p.m. in another Landmark Conference tilt.