Box Score PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Sacred Heart women's soccer team scored two goals in the final 10 minutes of regulation to force overtime against the Brown Bears at Stevenson Field Wednesday night, but it was the Bears that won the game 3-2.
Brown (3-4-0) scored first in the 24th minute. Charlotte Beach chipped a ball over the Sacred Heart (3-6-0) defense to Erin Katz, who scored from inside the 18-yard box to give the Bears a 1-0 lead. Brown extended the lead to 2-0 in the 52nd minute when Katz headed in a cross from Sydney Calas.
The Pioneers closed the deficit to one in the 80th minute. Lindsay Corallo headed in an Emily Montgomery free kick to make the score 2-1. With 1:49 remaining in regulation, Dana Cosmedy tied the game at two. The senior midfielder found a loose ball in the box and fired it home to level the game and force overtime. Sacred Heart had the first shot in overtime, but Alex Mesropyan's attempt to win the game was blocked. In the 94th minute Katz finished off her hat trick with the game-winning goal, heading in a cross from Jillian DeSimone to give Brown the 3-2 win.
Sacred Heart now prepares for Northeast Conference play, which opens on Friday, October 2 at 3 p.m. at Bryant.
FIRST HALF
- Corallo put a shot on goal 1:03 into the game, which was saved by Brown goalkeeper Christine Etzel.
- Brown's first shot on goal came in the sixth minute, when Jillian DeSimone tested Talia Schwartz with Schwartz making the stop. Schwartz made another save in the ninth minute.
- Elisa Robiglio fired a shot from 25 yards out in the 25th minute that resulted in a diving save by Etzel.
- Brittany Hamilton came close to tying the game in the 40th minute, but Etzel made the save on her shot on goal. Marissa Christy did the same four minutes later.
SECOND HALF
- Melanie DaSilva put a shot over the goal in the 48th minute.
- Schwartz made back-to-back saves in the 49th and 52nd minutes.
- Montgomery and Alexis Parlato had shots on goal in the 63rd and 65th minutes respectively.
- Dana Cosmedy had a shot saved in the 79th minute, one minute before Corallo scored.
