Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. - The sensational 2017 season of the Georgian Court University women's soccer squad came to a close Friday afternoon as the #6-seed Lions dropped a 3-0 decision to #3 Southern New Hampshire University in the first round of the NCAA Championship Tournament.

The setback snaps GCU's 15-game unbeaten streak and 10-game winning streak as the newly-minted Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference champions complete the year with a remarkable record of 16-4-2. With the win, the Penman of SNHU improve to 15-2-5 and will next take on #2 Mercy College (16-3) in Sunday's second round.

SNHU coasted into intermission with a 2-0 advantage, courtesy of tallies from Miranda Peloquin (Jr.-Greenville, R.I.) and Shannon Valente (Jr.-Windham, Maine) at 18:40 and 32:31, respectively. Allyson Patterson (Fr.-Seekonk, Mass.) nailed a second-half goal at 57:53 to put the contest well out of reach of the Lions.

The Penman inked a slim 12-10 advantage in the shots column, but owned a 9-4 advantage on frame.

Paige Salmon (Sr.-West Hempstead, N.Y.) earned the victory in the SNHU net with four saves over 90:00 of action. Georgian Court keeper, Natalie Axelsson compiled five saves in the complete-game effort for the Lions.