Women's Soccer Falls in Overtime to Ithaca in NCAA First Round

Courtesy of John Leisering

DALLAS, Pa. - The Ithaca Bombers scored the game's lone goal, at 7:21 of overtime, to snap Penn State Behrend's 12-match winning streak and end the Lions season in the opening round of the NCAA playoffs. Graduate student Rosie Bostian's header from six yards out was decisive. The Lions concluded play with an 18-3 mark. The score was the first given up by the Lions in over 537 minutes.

Score: Ithaca 1, Penn State Behrend 0 (OT)
Records: Behrend (18-3), Ithaca (13-2-4)

Key Moments:

* Neither team was able to score in the evenly-played first 45. Ithaca led in shots (6-5), on goal (3-1), corners (2-1) and fouls (5-3)
* Behrend's lone shot-on-goal came from senior Audra Kuzma
* The Lions' defense stretched its scoreless-minutes streak to 485+
* Both teams had second half chances with Behrend's Trinity Prestash missing the far post from the left side with 7:30 remaining
* After 90, Ithaca led in shots (10-7), on goal (4-2), corners (3-2) and fouls (10-6)
* Nicole Croushore (Smithton, PA/Yough) had Behrend's second half shot on goal
* In the first overtime period, goalkeeper Riley Morningstar (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) stopped a point-blank Ithaca shot in the first three minutes
* The Bombers were persistent offensively and the effort paid off when graduate student Rosie Bostian scored off a corner kick at 97:21
* It was Bostian's fifth goal of the season and fourth game winner
* Morningstar finished with five saves