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WSOC - Jenna Richards II
Stephen Pellegrino
2
Georgian Court Univ. GCUW14 (10-5-4)
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Holy Family HFU (10-5-1)
Georgian Court Univ. GCUW14
(10-5-4)
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Final
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Holy Family HFU
(10-5-1)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 OT 1 OT 2 F
Georgian Court Univ. GCUW14 2 0 0 0 2
Holy Family HFU 1 1 0 0 2

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

Tigers Edged in CACC Quarterfinals by Georgian Court




Philadelphia, Pa. - After 110 minutes of action it still wasn't enough to decide a winner so the Holy Family University women's soccer team and Georgian Court University entered a penalty kick shootout in the quarterfinal round of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Tournament on Monday afternoon at RAMP Playground in Northeast Philadelphia.  The Lions went on to defeat the Tigers in the penalty shot round, 5-3, after finishing regulation and overtime tied 2-2.
 
Holy Family, seeded third in this year's tournament, concludes its season at 10-5-1, while Georgian Court, seeded sixth, is now 10-5-4 overall.  The Lions will now face second-seeded Post University in the semifinals on Thursday.
 
The Tigers found themselves trailing 2-0 within the first 15 minutes of the first half.  Georgian Court scored in the 12th and 16th minutes to open up the scoring.  Redshirt junior Rachel Marino tallied a score at the 11:50 mark, while freshman Elizabeth Kroon doubled the lead with a goal at 15:02. 
 
However, Holy Family quickly responded less than two minutes later when junior Jenna Richards (Croydon, Pa./Conwell Egan) scored her first of two scores on the afternoon.  Richards received a cross pass from sophomore Ursula Coyle (Philadelphia, Pa./Little Flower) to connect on her second goal of the season to make the score 2-1 in the 17th minute.
 
The score remained 2-1 heading into halftime and the second half until Richards came through with her second goal of the game.  She picked up the game-tying goal in the 62nd minute with Coyle assisting on the play.
 
Both teams were held scoreless in the two overtime periods forcing a penalty kick shootout.  Georgian Court went on to convert all five of its attempts, while the Tigers finished the shootout 3-of-4. 
 
Sophomore goalkeeper Sienna Smith (Pottsville, Pa./Pottsville Regional) finished the game with eight saves in net for the Tigers after facing 21 shots by the Lions.  Her counterpart, junior Casey O'Connor, finished with five saves after 17 shots attempted by the Tigers.
 
Holy Family was making its 16th straight appearance in the CACC Tournament dating back to the 1999 season.  The Tigers are now 26-5-3 all-time in the conference tournament.
 
 
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