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Ava Thompson kicks
Navraj Sandhu
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Daemen DAE (3-11-3, 1-3-2)
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Winner Queens (NY) QUE (9-4-4, 3-1-3)
Daemen DAE
(3-11-3, 1-3-2)
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Final
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Queens (NY) QUE
(9-4-4, 3-1-3)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 OT1 F
Daemen DAE 0 1 0 1
Queens (NY) QUE 1 0 1 2

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | | CONTACT: Connor Griffin, Assistant Director of Athletics Communications | cgriffin@daemen.edu

Overtime Heartbreaker Ends Daemen's Season in ECC First Round

FLUSHING, N.Y. — The Wildcats tied the game in the 80th minute, but #6 seed Daemen's (3-11-3, 2-3-2 ECC) season came to an end with a 2-1 overtime loss at #3 seed Queens (9-4-4, 3-1-3 ECC) in the ECC Women's Soccer Championship First Round on Wednesday evening.

HIGHLIGHTS
  • The Knights got on the board first when Ashley Kieblesz scored at 4:48 to make it 1-0.
  • Marisa Rickard tied it in the 80th minute off an assist from Macayla Hansen (Highlands Ranch, Colo.)
  • Queens found the back of the net 2:55 into overtime to win it. The Knights scored off a header from Ava Lekanides following a corner kick. 
  • MacFarlane got Daemen's first chance in the fourth minute when she broke free but shot wide.
  • In the 17th minute, Hansen ripped a shot off the crossbar. 
  • The Wildcats then had a corner which led to a shot from Kaitlin Mettler (Royalton, N.Y.) that she put over the crossbar.
  • Rylee Kumer (Ambridge, Pa.) stopped two shots in the first half, including big saves in the 13th and 35th minutes. 
  • The Wildcats had another corner in the 36th minute, but they could not capitalize. 
  • Kumer kept Daemen within one in the second half with three saves.
  • The Wildcats' keeper also made a huge save on a penalty kick right before the game-tying goal. 
GAME NOTES
  • Rickard scored for the second straight game. 
  • Hansen, Mettler, Rickard, and Macfarlane each recorded a shot for the Wildcats.
  • Kumer made six saves over 90 minutes, with two in the first half and four in the second.
  • Daemen fired four shots, putting one on target.
  • The Wildcats had two corners, both in the first half. 
  • This was the third straight year that the teams met in the postseason.
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