Seahawks rally from three-goal deficit, but fall in OT to Hawks

BRISTOL, R.I. — The Roger Williams University women's soccer team defeated Salve Regina University, 4-3, in overtime Tuesday night.

Less than 10 minutes into the game, Raleigh LeMiere-Barnes (Los Angeles, Calif.) took a shot from a corner kick that ended up giving the Hawks their first goal of the game, putting them in the lead 1-0. In the 12th minute, Carly Pala (Milford, Conn.) for the Seahawks saved a shot from Maddie Neri (Upton, Mass.).

Two minutes later, Kylie Casey (E. Longmeadow, Mass.) took an assist from Neri to bring RWU's lead to 2-0. Another two minutes were past when the Hawks scored another goal from Lemiere-Barnes to bring the score to 3-0.

Neither team scored for the remaining 29 minutes of the first half. Pala kept busy in goal with five shots from RWU.

With 17 minutes into the second half, Salve Regina scored its first goal by Abby McMackin (Walpole, Mass.) taking an assist from Delaney Maxwell (Lincoln, R.I.). Seven minutes later, the Seahawks scored their second goal of the game from Margaret Hanley (Pembroke, Mass.), cutting the deficit to one at 3-2.

With 15 minutes left in the second half, Salve Regina tied the game with a goal from Devyn DeFalco (Brockton, Mass.) taking an assist from Katie Szemreylo (Marlborough, Conn.). With the score at 3-3 by the end of the second half, the game went into overtime.

With 33.8 seconds remaining in the game, Ericca Broderick (Great Barrington, Mass.) scored her first goal of the season to lead the Hawks into victory 4-3.

Brooke Hathaway (Riverton, Utah), Morgan McCutcheon (Danbury, Conn.) and Morgan Strassburg (Longmeadow, Mass.) had one save each for RWU. Pala had seven saves for Salve Regina.

Roger Williams (6-7, 3-1 CCC) will travel to Gordon College this Saturday. Salve Regina (5-6, 2-3 CCC) will host Springfield College on Saturday.