GAME STATS Wheaton, Ill. – The Wheaton College women's soccer team rallied to earn a 3-2 victory against Loras College on Saturday afternoon in the Second Round of the 2013 NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Tournament. Wheaton's win advances the Thunder to the Sectional Semifinal round of the tournament next week at a yet to be determined site. Wheaton improves to 19-1-2 on the year, while Loras ends the season at 18-4-1.
Loras took an early 1-0 lead in the match when the Duhawks' Lynn DeVriese scored from the left side of the box in the 23rd minute. Wheaton tied the match at 1-1 in the 30th minute on a goal by
Bailey Wysocki (PICTURED LEFT). Thunder sophomore
Sydney Sharkey delivered a cross from the far left side of the goal box to Wysocki at the lower right corner to tie the match. Thunder sophomore
Ally Witt gave Wheaton a 2-1 lead with her eighth goal of the season in the 42nd minute. A long cross by
Leah DeMoss found sophomore
Annie Wooldridge who knocked the ball to Witt. Witt put the ball into the opposite corner of the net to give the hosts their first lead of the match and a 2-1 halftime lead. Wheaton out-shot the Duhawks 10-5 in the first half.
Wheaton increased its lead in the 76th minute when a
Val Lelle corner kick was headed into the net by Thunder freshman
Sarah Frey to give the hosts a 3-1 advantage. Loras put pressure on Wheaton throughout the second half and kept pressing the Thunder. It paid off for the Duhawks in the 87th minute when Danielle Vujovic scored her 11th goal of the year to cut Wheaton's lead to 3-2. The Thunder held on for the win despite constant pressure from Loras attackers. Each team attempted nine shots in the second half.
Wheaton goalkeeper
Kelsey Graham made five saves and she allowed two goals in 90 minutes of work in the Thunder net. Hannah Wilson started the match in net for Loras, with six saves and two goals allowed in 75 minutes. Kathryn Hermanas played 15 minutes in the goal, with one save and one goal allowed. Wheaton was awarded 10 corner kicks in the match and Loras attempted one.
Note Worthy: Saturday's match was the second meeting of the year between Wheaton and Loras at Wheaton's Joe Bean Stadium; Wheaton defeated Loras 4-1 on September 24 during the regular season…today's match was the 10th meeting in the all-time series between Wheaton and Loras, but the first time the two squads matched up in the NCAA Tournament…Wheaton is 8-2-0 all-time against the Duhawks…this is the 10th consecutive year that Wheaton has advanced out of the opening weekend in the NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Tournament..
