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Women's Succumbs to Wilmington in Overtime, 2-1 ... Clinch #6 Seed in Upcoming Tourney

Newark, Del.- The Georgian Court University women's soccer team suffered a stunning defeat to host-Wilmington University Wednesday afternoon as the Wildcats bested the Lions, 2-1, in overtime. The victory clinched the #7 seed for WU in next week's Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Championship Tournament while GCU takes the #6 spot.

The Lions (10-5-3, 7-4-1 CACC) will now travel to #3 Holy Family University (10-5, 9-3 CACC) Monday afternoon (2:00 p.m.) to face the Tigers in the quarterfinal round of the 2014 bracket. GCU defeated HFU, 1-0, back on September 23 in Lakewood, N.J.

After a scoreless first half, Lizzy Kroon lit the scoreboard in favor of the road team when she smashed a Morgan Peacock pass into the net from 25 yards out, tallying her team-leading 10th goal of the year at 82:57.

Wilmington (6-11, 6-6 CACC) wasted very little time to even the match at 1-1 as Loran Wyrough tapped in her ninth of the season off an Ashley Kroll feed just 1:49 (84:46) after GCU's initial score.

With regulation ending in a 1-1 stalemate, Kroll needed only 3:19 of the overtime period to secure the postseason-clinching triumph for the Wildcats, chipping in her second goal of the season on a Chelsea Grace assist.

Julia Brown corralled eight saves in 93:20 to secure the win in the Wimington net while reigning CACC Defensive Player of the Week Casey O'Connor collected four saves in the tough-luck defeat.





 
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