READING, Pa. – The Albright women's soccer program fell to Lebanon Valley 1-0 in overtime Saturday night in Shirk Stadium in MAC Commonwealth action.
Lebanon Valley's Sammy Bost tallied the game winner for the Dutchmen 41 seconds into overtime.
Albright's
Payton Bogatch suffered the loss in the net making three saves while playing the entire contest. As a result, the team slips to 7-6-2 overall and stands at 3-2 in conference play.
Brittany Lutz of Albright had a chance to put the Lions on the board early just a minute and thirty two seconds into game as her shot hit the top of the cross bar. She made several moves around two Dutchmen players before getting in position to take the shot.
In the 43
rd minute
Emily Diaz got a great header on target but Lebanon Valley's Taylor Reinhold was in position to make the save and keep it a scoreless game before the half.
Both teams had several opportunities to claim a lead heading into halftime but neither team was able to do so. Ten shots were taken in the first 45 minutes between both squads and the Lions mustered four of those.
For the second half, the Lions and Dutchmen exchanged several chances on both sides of the field as Lebanon Valley outshot Albright 6-4.
Crissy Terraces had a chance to put her team in the winning category at the 87
th minute mark but her shot was saved by Reinhold, one of her five saves in the match.
In overtime, the visiting team needed one shot to earn the win to improve to 10-4 on the year and 3-2 in conference play.
Emily Sousa propelled the offensive with two shots in the game all of which were on target. Terraces,
Erica Bross,
Natalie Wilson,
Jess Cerankowski,
Megan O'Brien,
Emily Diaz and Lutz all had a shot apiece in the conference game.
The Lions are back in action on Wednesday (Oct. 21) as the team travels to Stevenson in conference play for a 7 p.m. match.