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Holy Family University Athletics
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WSOC - CACC QF
Holy Family Athletics
3
Winner Holy Family HFU (9-7-2, #6 seed)
2
Goldey-Beacom GBCW (12-6-1, #3 seed)
Winner
Holy Family HFU
(9-7-2, #6 seed)
3
Final
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Goldey-Beacom GBCW
(12-6-1, #3 seed)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Holy Family HFU 1 2 3
Goldey-Beacom GBCW 0 2 2

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

Tigers Hold Off Lightning to Advance to CACC Semifinals



Hockessin, Del. - Sophomore Brianna Rock (Bensalem, Pa./Bensalem) scored the game-winning goal in the 83rd minute to lift the Holy Family University women's soccer team to a 3-2 victory over Goldey-Beacom College in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) quarterfinals on Monday afternoon at the Hockessin Soccer Club. 
 
Score: #6 Holy Family 3, #3 Goldey-Beacom 2
Records: Holy Family (9-7-2) | Goldey-Beacom (12-6-1)
Location: Hockessin, Del. (Hockessin Soccer Club)
 
Goal Scorers
Stefanie Ulmer (Philadelphia, Pa./Delaware Valley HS Center City) - HFU (11') | Cliona Crammond - GBC (47') | Shannon Metzler (Erial, N.J./St. Josephs (Hammonton)) - HFU (61') | Amy Runciman - GBC (63') | B. Rock - HFU (83')
 
How It Happened
Holy Family never trailed in a back-and-forth game despite Goldey-Beacom tying the score on two occasions.  The Tigers struck first in the 11th minute when redshirt sophomore Stefanie Ulmer (Philadelphia, Pa./Delaware Valley HS Center City) scored her seventh goal of the season off a touch pass from senior Ashley Shackleford (Burlington, N.J./Holy Cross HS). 
 
The Tigers held on to the 1-0 advantage through the rest of the half and into halftime.  It wouldn't take long for the Lightning to tie the score as the game entered the second half.  Cliona Crammond picked up her fourth goal of the season in the 47th minute to tie the game at 1-1.
 
Later in the half the Tigers struck again, this time it was junior Shannon Metzler (Erial, N.J./St. Josephs (Hammonton)) with the tally.  She took a header shot off a corner kick attempt from sophomore Alyssa Christiansen (Warminster, Pa./William Tennent) to score her fifth goal of the season in the 61st minute.
 
The lead would be short lived as Goldey-Beacom quickly responded with a goal from Amy Runciman to tie the game at 2-2 with her seventh score of the year.
 
With the score still tied late in the game Holy Family made a push up field.  Junior Taylor Adair (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) made a great pass up towards Rock who beat her defender.  Rock then made a short boot kick past goalkeeper, Cindell Aguirre, for the go-ahead and eventual game-winner in the 83rd minute. It marked her conference leading 13th goal of the season and her sixth game-winning score.
 
Junior goalkeeper Kacie Booth (Maple Shade, N.J./Maple Shade) finished the game with a pair of saves for the Tigers earning the victory in net.  Her counterpart, Aguirre, made four stops for the Lightning.
 
 
All-Time Series
Today's game marked the 21st meeting all-time between Holy Family and Goldey-Beacom and the fourth time in postseason. The Tigers are now 18-2-1 overall and 3-0-1 in postseason play versus the Lightning.
 
Holy Family in the Postseason
The Tigers are advancing to the CACC semifinals for the first time since 2013 when the team last appeared in the conference championship game.  Holy Family is now 27-7-2 in the CACC Tournament dating back to 1999 when the Tigers first joined the conference.
 
Next Up
Holy Family will now face second-seeded Caldwell University in the CACC semifinals, which is set for Friday, Nov. 4 at Georgian Court University in Lakewood, N.J.  Game time is slated for 1:30 p.m.  The winner will advance to Sunday's conference championship game and will face the winner of the #1 Georgian Court/#5 Wilmington University semifinal.
 
 
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