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EDINBORO, PA – The string of
heart-breaking defeats continued for the Edinboro women’s
soccer team on Tuesday, as local rival Mercyhurst scored a late
goal to hand the Fighting Scots a 2-1 setback. Edinboro is now
0-3-1 in its last four matches, previously losing 1-0 to Gannon,
tying Slippery Rock, 0-0 in two overtimes, and suffering a 2-1
double overtime loss at Indiana(Pa.), with the winning goal scored
in the final minute.
Edinboro falls to 4-5-2 overall with the loss.
The Fighting Scots entered the match ranked sixth in the Northeast
Region. Mercyhurst, the ninth-ranked team in the Great Lakes
Region, improves to 7-2-0. The Lakers also remained perfect
against the Fighting Scots, with six wins and a pair of ties in
the eight contests.
It appeared Edinboro was headed for its third
straight overtime match, but Mercyhurst’s high-scoring duo of
Sarah Powell and Lisa Casement decided matters in regulation. The
two had hounded Edinboro goalkeeper Trish Chilcott (Erie,
PA/Harbor Creek) all day, with Powell beating Chilcott for the
game’s initial goal at 21:00 for her 10th goal of the season.
This time it was Casement doing the honors,
taking a pass from Powell and hitting the left corner of the net
from ten yards out for the game-winning goal at 87:03. It was
Casement’s eighth goal.
Edinboro tied the match early in the second
half as Elise Falatach (Bay Village, OH/Bay) notched her
second goal of the season, with the assist going to Angie de
Almeida (Gibsonia, PA/Pine-Richland).
Mercyhurst held a wide edge in shots, 20-8,
with Chilcott recording six saves. Lakers’ goalkeeper Karen
Eade had three saves.
Edinboro is back in action on Saturday, October
1, hosting East Stroudsburg on Homecoming. The match starts at 12
noon. |
