Box Score
HOBOKEN, N.J. (September 25, 2013) – The Stevens Institute of Technology women's soccer team went to overtime with Drew University on Wednesday evening in Hoboken, but fell, 4-3, in the final minute of the first overtime. With the loss, Stevens is now 3-5 overall, while Drew improves to 7-1.
Drew took an early 1-0 lead just 2:01 into the match after Liz Loiodice stole a clearance pass by the Stevens defense and beat sophomore
Leah Spaulding (San Pedro, Calif.) with a strike from 20 yards out into the top right corner of the goal.
The Ducks knotted the match up in the 18th minute that started on a corner. After the service into the box, senior
Bridgette Barden (Redondo Beach, Calif.) sent a header towards frame which was turned away by Sara Nash, but fellow senior
Becky Wos (Mukwonago, Wis.) came crashing in to collect the rebound for her second goal of the season.
With just over 19 minutes left in the half, freshman
Raba Nassif (Northvale, N.J.) put the ball back into play with a throw in to Barden. Barden then turned and sent a shot from the left corner of the 18 over the head of Nash to give Stevens a 2-1 lead.
Exactly four minutes later, the Rangers stole another clearance by the Ducks' defense, this time by Mel Santos. Santos intercepted the attempt 20 yards outside the frame and deadlocked the contest at 2-2 on her first goal of the season for Drew.
In the second half, Loiodice crossed a pass into the middle of the 18 and found the feet of Santos who beat sophomore
Evelyn Ting (Gaithersburg, Md.) to give the Rangers a 3-2 edge. Ting replaced Spaulding in the second half and made four saves in nearly 55 minutes but suffered the loss.
Stevens tied the match back up at 3-3, when a loose ball in front of the frame was put away by junior
Stephanie Basile (Macungie, Pa.). Basile cleaned up an attempted shot by Barden after a scrum took place within the six-yard box to put the contest into overtime.
Drew ended the contest with 46 seconds left in the first overtime on a short cross from the right side by Katie O'Keefe that found Caroline Kuras open within 10 yards of the goal.
Stevens outshot Drew, 22-14, and took six corners to just two for the Rangers.
The Ducks will be back on the pitch on September 28 for an Empire 8 Conference showdown with Utica College at 12 p.m. in Utica, N.Y.
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