ERIE, Pa.- The West Chester University women's soccer team (8-3-1, 7-3-1 PSAC) took to the road on Friday afternoon to take on PSAC Rival Gannon (5-5-2, 4-5-2 PSAC) for an important PSAC battle. Gannon used a big second half to collect the upset 3-2 overtime victory over West Chester.
How it Happened:
- In the 16th minute, Linzi Wolfe (Quakertown, Pa./Quakertown) notched the first tally of the game off an assist from fellow senior Hannah Grandell (West Chester, Pa./Unionville) to stake West Chester to the early lead.
- In the 69th minute, Hannah Hays registered the equalizer scoring on a header off an assist from Taylor Lewis to make the score 1-1 entering the final 20 minutes of play.
- In the 86th minute, Hays added an assist as she played a thru ball up to Vanessa Coccurello who hit a well-placed shot into the lower left hand corner to give Gannon the 2-1 advantage.
- Shannon Cooley (Fredericksburg, Md./Urbana) would not allow the Golden Rams to go down quietly scoring on a header off a cross from freshman Dani Cady (Yardley, Pa./Pennsbury) to tie the game in the closing seconds of regulation, thus, forcing overtime to hopefully decide a winner.
- Hays continued her big afternoon finishing an assist from Aesling McCullough in the 103rd minute to lift Gannon to the 3-2 victory.
Inside the Numbers:
- In the first half, Gannon held a slight 6-4 advantage in shots although West Chester managed to hold a 3-1 advantage in shots on goal heading to the halftime break.
- Gannon outshot West Chester 16-13 including 7-6 in shots on goal. Gannon also held a 5-2 advantage in corner kicks on the afternoon.
- McKenna Mullin (Langhorne, Pa./Neshaminy) was back in goal making four saves over the course of her time 103 minutes in goal in the loss.
Up Next:
West Chester will be back in action on Sunday at home against Lock Haven with that game getting underway at 1 p.m.
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