Lakewood, N.J.- Georgian Court University earned its fourth straight Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) regular-season crown in dramatic fashion as the first-place Lions escaped with a 1-0 overtime victory vs. Holy Family University Wednesday on Investors Bank Field.
After 90 minutes of scoreless soccer, the two squads went to an extra session. The overtime would last just 1:06 as
Anissia Fucci brought down the house with the game-winner, the junior's second straight winning tally and fourth goal over her last three outings.
Heather Arbachesky set up the scene as the senior smashed a shot on frame, which was turned away by a diving
Brianna Pudlo (So.-Philadelphia, Pa.). The Holy Family keeper was unable to secure the ball as a charging Fucci clobbered home the deflection to secure the win and the #1 seed for GCU in next week's CACC Championship Tournament.
The Lions will now host #8 Dominican College (4-12-1, 4-7-1 CACC) Monday, October 29, at 2:00 p.m. in the quarterfinal round. GCU defeated the Lady Chargers, 5-1, back on September 22 on Investors Bank Field. #3 Holy Family (11-4-1, 8-3-1 CACC) will host #6 Wilmington University (8-9-1, 7-4-1 CACC)
Georgian Court (12-3-1, 11-0-1 CACC) submits its second-straight undefeated conference ledger (and third of the last four campaigns) and owns an astounding 43-2-3 regular-season mark vs. CACCÂ foes since 2015.Â
Pudlo suffered the loss for HFU, registering an impressive 10 saves in the complete game.
Natalie Axelsson achieved her tenth win of the year (10-3) between the GCU pipes, controlling three saves of her own.
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