LAKEWOOD, NJ-
Kelly Lyons drilled home a game-winning penalty kick (her second score of the day and fourth of the season) with 00:07.2 remaining on the clock in overtime, lifting Georgian Court University to a thrilling 2-1 victory over previously unbeaten Dominican College (4-1, 2-1 CACC) Saturday afternoon at Investors Savings Bank Field.
The penalty kick at 99:53 was a product of Dominican goalkeeper
Kari Spicer's (Fr.-Littleton, CO) infraction in the penalty box, resulting in an automatic red card for Spicer and her removal from the contest.
Lyons put GCU (2-2-1, 2-1 CACC) up, 1-0, with a breakaway goal at 25:00. Dominican evened the score at 81:53 when freshman forward
Olivia Antonopoulos (Baldwin, NY) knocked home her fifth goal of the young campaign off an assist from freshman
Danielle Klecha (Jamesburg, NJ).
Autumn may officially start next week, however the reds and yellows were abundent on this particular day as the Lions and Chargers combined for four yellow cards and two red cards.
GCU goalkeeper
Shealyn Sullivan tallied nine saves on 14 Dominican shots, while denying a first-half penalty shot from
Nicolle Sanchez (So.-Lyndhurst, NJ), to earn her second victory of the year.
Spicer registered four saves on 12 Georgian Court shots. Backup keeper,
Veronica Iozzi (Fr.-Chester, NJ), took the loss after being forced into action and yielding the game-deciding goal.
Georgian Court next travels to Queens College for a 4 PM non-conference match on Wednesday, September 22.