SAINT LEO, Fla. (September 22, 2007) ' The
Rollins women's soccer team struck first, but No. 23 Saint Leo
scored two unanswered, the second coming in the waning moments of
overtime, to hand the Tars a 2-1 Sunshine State Conference loss on
Saturday night.
Rollins drops to 5-4 overall and 1-1 in SSC play while Saint Leo
improves to 6-2, 2-1.
Lindsay Giblin notched her conference best ninth goal of the
year to push her point total to 23. With the game scoreless in the
final seconds of the first half, Jessica Mooney won a header in the
midfield and drove it forward to a streaking Giblin who slipped it
past Lions keeper Lauren Hudson.'
Saint Leo scored the equalizer in the 47th minute as Hudson sent
a long ball to the midfield that was flicked ahead by Chrissy
Darwell to Hanna Beard. The Lions forward then won a one-on-one
with Tars keeper Stina Lykke Petersen to make the score 1-1.
Both teams then went scoreless for the rest of the period to
force extra time.
In the final moments of the first overtime, Darwell sent a ball
to midfielder Evelina Viiri who then one touched it to Beard for
the shot and goal to give the host Lions the win.
Rollins led on the shot chart 13-10, but was hampered by a
lopsided foul count, 23-7. Lykke Petersen recorded two stops
between the posts while her counterpart Hudson racked up three
saves.
Rollins will look to bounce back on Wednesday, September 26 when
they will host fourth ranked Tampa at Barker Family Stadium and
Cahall-Sandspur Field. Game time is slated for 7 p.m. Fans can
watch the action live at www.RollinsSports.tv with the
voice of Rollins women's soccer Tres Loch on the call.
