Last-Minute Goal Lifts No. 13 Spartans Past Women's Soccer

ERIE, Pa. – The No. 13 Case Western Spartans scored the game-winning goal with 43 seconds remaining in the game to defeat Penn State Behrend 2-1 in non-conference action on Wednesday night.

Score: No. 13 Case Western 2, Behrend 1
Records: Behrend (6-2), Case Western (6-0-2)

Key Moments

* Case Western scored early and then netted the game winner late to win for the third time in five games on the road
* The Spartans extend their non-conference winning streak to 50 consecutive regular-season games
* Andrea Sliva made her first goal of the season memorable with a last-minute game winner
* Silva gathered the ball off a defensive miscue and the Lions could not get to the bouncing ball in time to save it from going in the net
* Audra Kuzma (Center, PA/Center Valley) tallied the lone goal and her first of the season
* Behrend fired off the first shot of the game, but the Spartans scored first three minutes, 40 seconds into the game
* Lions responded less than 90 seconds later with a header goal from Kuzma
* Marlene Andrade (Walnut Creek, CA/Clayton Valley Charter) sent the ball in and Kuzma got the ball past Maggie Storti to even the game
* Each team would get a goal in the first five minutes and not find the back of the net for the remaining 40 minutes in the first half
* Trinity Prestash (Phillipsburg, PA/West Branch) was hoping for the late game winner but sent a ball just over the crossbar with four minutes remaining in the game
* Riley Morningstar (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) made four saves

Up Next:

* The Lions return to action on Saturday at La Roche to open Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) play. Game time is 2 p.m.