ORANGEBURG, NY (Sept. 28, 2024) - Behind three second-half goals, Georgian Court Women's Soccer defeated Dominican 4-1. They improve to 6-2-0 on the season and 3-1 in the CACC.

How it Happened
• This game featured plenty of offense with each team ripping of 25 shots.
• The Lions were the more accurate team putting 13 on goal and the Chargers 10.
• Georgian Court earned four corner kicks in each half. Dominican totaled five for the game.
• The Chargers were called for 13 fouls and the Lions 10. GCU was booked with the only yellow card.
• After a scoreless 20 minutes, the Lions took their first lead. It was Chelsea Lavezzo again, receiving a feed from Sophia Ridolfo and finishing for the game's first goal.
• The Lions threatened late in the half, but Dominican's defense held strong and after 45 minutes, GCU was still up 1-0.
• Early in the second, a foul on Dominican in the box gave the Lions a penalty kick opportunity. GCU had been 0-2 this season on penalties and gave Ridolfo a chance at the dot. She connected to put GCU ahead 2-0.
• Ten minutes later, Georgian Court returned the favor with a foul in the box setting Dominican up for their own penalty kick opportunity. The Chargers didn't miss and cut the lead in half, 2-1 with 30 minutes remaining.
• The Lions regained a two-goal lead with just over 10 minutes left to play. Chiamaka Wokocha put the Lions up 3-1 with an assist from Juliana Rettino.
• In the closing seconds, Seanna Boan put the finishing touches on the match scoring with less than a minute to play to put the match out of reach, 4-1.

Lion Stat Leaders
• Sophia Ridolfo totaled three points with a goal and an assist.
• Chelsea Lavezzo fired seven shots, four on goal and scored once.
• Seanna Boan scored on three shots.
• Chiamaka Wokocha came off the bench to score on her only shot.
• Emma Bennett made nine saves in goal.

For the Chargers
• Brielle Bell matched Bennett with nine saves but allowed four goals.
• Isabella Wysocki scored a penalty kick goal and took six shots.
• Kaitlyn Zeeb had a game-high eight shot attempts.

News and Notes
• Sophia Ridolfo took her 20th shot.
• This is the Lions first win over Dominican since 2019.
• All-time GCU is 32-11-3.
• This is the Lions best start in CACC play since 2018 when they won their first nine conference games.

Up Next
• The Lions step out of conference play and return home to host East Stroudsburg, Wednesday, Oct. 2. Kickoff is at 4 p.m.