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Countdown

LoPresti
Dymphena Clark
4
Winner Seton Hill SHU-W (2-1-0)
3
Wheeling Jesuit-W WJU-W (0-2-0)
Winner
Seton Hill SHU-W
(2-1-0)
4
Final
3
Wheeling Jesuit-W WJU-W
(0-2-0)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 OT 1 F
Seton Hill SHU-W 0 3 1 4
Wheeling Jesuit-W WJU-W 1 2 0 3

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

SHU Earns Overtime Win At Wheeling Jesuit

WHEELING, WV -  Emily LoPresti scored the game-winning goal in the first overtime to give the Seton Hill University women's soccer team a 4-3 win against Wheeling Jesuit University on Wednesday evening in non-conference action at Bishop Schmitt Stadium in Wheeling, WV.

// NOTABLES
• The Griffins are now 3-4 against Wheeling Jesuit since 2009, and have won three-straight against the Cardinals.
• Seton Hill has not lost a non-conference game since the 2012 season when they fell to the University of Charleston, 2-1, on September 15th of that year.
• The Griffins have not lost in overtime since the 2015 season.
• Italia Biondi, Emily LoPresti, and Alyssa Neast all scored their first goals of the season.
• The game-winning goal was LoPresti's 15th of her career at Seton Hill.

// STATS
• Seton Hill outshot Wheeling Jesuit, 23-11 (11-9 on-goal).
• Eliza Pilatowski-Herzing made six saves in the win.
• Wheeling Jesuit held a 3-2 edge in corner kicks.

// FIRST HALF
•  Emily Hartley scored int he 37th minute to give Wheeling Jesuit a 1-0 advantage heading into halftime. 

// SECOND HALF
• It took just 49 seconds into the second half for Seton Hill to equalize when Italia Biondi found the back of the net off of an Emily LoPresti assist. SHU grabbed their first lead of the game in the 49th minute as LoPresti bested the WJU goalkeeper from 18 yards out to make it 2-1. Alyssa Neast increased the Griffins' lead to 3-1 when she scored off of a driven shot to the bottom right corner.
• The Cardinals cut the deficit to 3-2 in the 60th minute when Olivia Liston scored a floater from 20 yards out. Liston wasn't done there as she knotted the game up at 3-3 in the 77th minute as she scored a header off of a corner kick.

// OVERTIME
• Nearly seven minutes into the first overtime, LoPresti scored her second of the game when she received a pass from Brady Tramuta and lobbed a shot from 29 yards out to the top corner to give Seton Hill the 4-3 victory.

// FOLLOW US

Athletics.SetonHill.edu is your one-stop destination for all things SHU Athletics. The women's soccer team can also be followed on Twitter (@SetonHillWSR) and Instagram (@SetonHillWSR).


 
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