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Kaia
1
Shenandoah SUH (11-6-2, 5-5-0)
1
Bridgewater (VA) BCE (13-4-1, 9-1-0)
Shenandoah SUH
(11-6-2, 5-5-0)
1
Final
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Bridgewater (VA) BCE
(13-4-1, 9-1-0)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 OT 1 OT 2 OT 3 F
Shenandoah SUH 0 1 0 0 0 1
Bridgewater (VA) BCE 1 0 0 0 0 1

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

Eagles Fall in ODAC Quarterfinals in PKs

BRIDGEWATER, Va. – The Bridgewater women's soccer team exited the ODAC tournament in the quarterfinals after going to penalty kicks with Shenandoah on Tuesday night.
 
The Basics
 
Final Score: Shenandoah 1, Bridgewater 1 (Shenandoah advances on PKs 5-4)
Records: Bridgewater 13-4-1, Shenandoah 11-6-2
 
How It Happened
  • The Hornets had a chance early as Kayla Jenkins fired a shot that was saved by Carlee Gaboury. Elizabeth McGee got the rebound but Gaboury slammed the door. SU had one more shot but it was wide to give Gaboury a goal kick.
  • Shenandoah had two more chances in the opening half but Gaboury pushed them aside. 
  • Bridgewater had only totaled two shots on goal heading to the closing stages of the first half. in the 43rd minute BC had a corner kick that was taken by Hanna Randolph. The kick sailed over the box and Maren Dougherty corralled it and sent it to Lyric Birkley who volleyed it into the back of the net to give BC a 1-0 advantage heading to the break.
  • The Eagles cranked up the pressure in the early stages of the second half. Almost immediately after the kick off, a yellow card was given to one of the Hornets giving BC a chance in a dangerous spot. Birkley got a shot off but just cleared the cross bar. 
  • Gaboury had to make a pair of saves in short time in the 59th minute. Bridgewater flipped the script taking the ball down the field and Kendall Garza took a one-timer but Karissa Dominick made the stop. McGee got possession not long after as the ball changed hands. McGee took a shot from just outside the box and scored to knot the game on a shot vaguely similar to what Shenandoah scored on the last time the two matched up.
  • BC had a chance to break the tie in the final minutes and Madison Crooks got a shot off but it was just over the top of the goal.
  • In the first overtime period the Hornets had an early opportunity but Gaboury made a save. BC had a corner kick at the halfway point and Ashley Sabatino flicked it on net but Dominick just got enough of it to keep it from going in the goal. 
  • In the second overtime BC had an early chance in the opening minutes. Off of a corner kick, Skyler Daum got a shot off but it was blocked by a defender on the door step. Birkley had two chances as well but one was blocked and in the closing seconds her final shot sailed high sending the game to PKs.
  • In the PKs, neither side could gain an edge until the fifth and final round. Kaia Richardson had the shot on her foot after a hard fought day but was not able to squeeze it past the Hornets' goalkeeper leaving the game in the hands of the Hornets. Kristina Skulte and Megan Byle dueled with Skulte finding the back of the net to allow the Hornets to advance.
Match Notes
  • McGee led all players with eight total shots including five that went on net. Birkley added five for BC and Daum had four.
  • Each keeper had a busy evening with both making six saves in 110 minutes. 
  • Bridgewater out shot Shenandoah 25-16 overall while the shots on goal were even at seven each. BC out shot SU 7-1 in the overtime periods and 12-8 in the second half.
  • The Eagles held a 8-1 advantage in corner kicks. 
  • Birkley put her name in the record book breaking the top 10 in goals scored in a season with 11. 
Up Next

Bridgewater will await its fate too see if it will earn an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament. The Eagles were ranked fifth in the United Soccer Coaches Region VI Poll released earlier in the day on Tuesday.
 
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