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The Lady Eagle soccer team, shutout in the regular season
against
West Chester
(11-5-3), kept its championship hopes alive by reversing its
earlier fortune and knocking off the second-seeded Golden
Rams with a 2-1 final in the PSAC semifinal match-up this
afternoon. A
second-half goal by Brooke
Rangi (Kawerau,
New Zealand/Kawerau
College) broke a 1-1
tie to give Lock Haven, now
10-11-1
overall, its sixth appearance in the PSAC title game.
The Haven’s Martina
Hall (Klagenfurt,
Austria/Ingeborg Bachmann)
opened scoring with a shot to the back of the net with
seven minutes remaining in the first half. Caitlin
Sultzbach (Lititz/Warwick) broke away from the field,
then shook one last defender before drawing out the keeper
and tapping the ball to Hall, who completed the play with
a goal at 37:58.
Just 24 seconds later, the Golden Ram’s Julie
Karcher answered with the equalizer on a cross from
the left corner by Kelly
Ryan directly off the re-start following the Haven
goal. With
neither team gaining the upper hand in the remaining
minutes, the two squads went into halftime deadlocked at
1-1.
Still tied midway through the second half, LHU was
awarded a crucial scoring opportunity on a free kick.
Danielle
Smith (Johnson, N.Y./Minisink Valley) took the kick,
laying it into the box where Brooke Rangi took control, heading the ball towards the back post
for the game-winner. The Lady Eagle defense held strong
over the remainder of the game for the 2-1 victory.
Lock Haven received another big game in goal by
junior keeper Brandie
Kessler (Bethlehem/Saucon Valley), who stopped eight
of nine
West Chester
shots on goal. West Chester
’s Ryan Levine posted
five saves.
West Chester
out shot the Lady Eagles, 9-7, and owned a sizable, 8-1
advantage in corner kick chances.
The Lady Eagles will head to #1 Slippery
Rock
University
on Sunday, November 9, for the PSAC Championship game.
Slippery Rock (
14-2-2
), ranked 14th in the nation, advanced to the
finals after a 5-2 victory over the fourth-seeded Millersville
University
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PSAC Tournament
Semifinal: Lock Haven 2, West Chester University 1
11/7/03 - West
Chester,
Pa.
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1 |
2 |
Final |
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#6 Lock Haven
(10-11-1)
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1 |
1 |
2 |
| #2 West Chester
(11-5-3) |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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Goal |
Assist |
Time |
| Martina
Hall (LHU) |
Caitlin
Sultzbach |
37:58 |
| Julie
Karcher (WCU) |
Kelly Ryan |
38:22 |
| Brooke
Rangi (LHU) |
Danielle
Smith |
66:00 |
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Shots: LHU (7), WCU (9)
Corners: LHU (1), WCU (8)
Goalkeepers: Brandie Kessler (LHU) - 90:00 min.,
8 sv, 1 ga / Ryan Levine (WCU) - 90:00 min., 5
sv., 2 ga. |
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