WALTHAM, Mass. - Springfield College rookie midfielder Jen
Jahoda (Lebanon, Conn.) headed home a corner kick 4:13 into the
second overtime period today as the 25th-ranked Pride
defeated host Brandeis University, 2-1, in a non-conference women's
soccer match on Gordon Field. With the loss, Brandeis saw its
nine-match winning streak and eight shutouts in a row dating to
last November, snapped.
After a scoreless first half,
Brandeis (4-1) opened the scoring at the 69:59 mark. Sophomore
forward Tiffany Pacheco (Rehoboth, Mass.) sent a
through ball to rookie midfielder Izabella Miranda
(Plymouth, Mass.). Miranda raced to the front of the net and
tallied her second goal of the season.
Springfield (3-1) answered just
64 seconds later. After the Judges were called for a foul just
outside the box, Pride senior back Delany Cantrall (Santa Paula,
Calif.) fired the ensuing free kick high over the outstretched arms
of Brandeis junior goalie Hillary Rosenzweig (Boca
Raton, Fla.). It was Cantrall's second of the season. Until
Cantrall's goal, Brandeis had not been scored upon in just over 431
minutes this season and 831 minutes since last October 28 in a 2-1
win over Carnegie Mellon.
Both Rosenzweig and Springfield
senior Sue Jenney (Agawam, Mass.) made saves over the course of the
last 20 minutes of regulation, and both had point-blank stops in
the first overtime session. The Pride finally got the game-winner
in the second extra session when Cantrall's corner found Jahoda's
head and then the back of the net.
Jenney finished with seven saves
in the winning effort for Springfield, while Rosenzweig had three
stops for the Judges.
Brandeis is next in action next
Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. at Bridgewater State College, while
Springfield's next game is at 5 p.m. the same day against Williams
College.
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