WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Three first-half goals helped the Lycoming College women's soccer team enter the second half with a one-goal lead, but regionally-ranked Lebanon Valley used two second-half scores to escape the Shangraw Athletic Complex with a 4-3 Commonwealth Conference win on a beautiful Thursday, Oct. 16.
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Down 2-0 early in the first half, the Warriors (3-12 overall, 0-4 Commonwealth) responded with a flurry of scores to take a 3-2 lead into the break. Junior
Kaitlyn Gulotta (Mt. Airy, Md./South Carroll) got the rally started as she found freshman
Jordan Lazarich (Deer Park, N.Y./Deer Park) with a beautiful pass through the Dutchmen defense and Lazarich put the breakaway shot into the right corner.
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Sophomore
Olivia Mendler (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport Area) tied the game in the 32
nd minute, as she took a throw-in from junior
Riley Zimmerman (Port Royal, Pa./Juniata) and went down the right sideline before lifting a shot into the left corner. Two minutes later, the Warriors got a free kick and sophomore
Amanda Wisolmerski (Florham Park, N.J./Hanover Park) delivered a beauty into the box, where Lazarich delivered a header into the right corner.
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The Flying Dutchmen (10-2-1 overall, 2-1 Commonwealth), ranked sixth in the latest Mid-Atlantic Region poll, drew the equalizer in the 47
th minute, with Johnna Garbrick scoring on a header off a corner and Amanda Douglass scored the game-winner in the 70
th minute, delivering a shot into the left corner from 25 yards out on the right side.
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Sammy Bost started the game with two goals in the first 12 minutes to give the Dutchmen the early lead.
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Lebanon Valley fired 23 shots in the game, forcing freshman
Joelle Winey (Mifflintown, Pa./Juniata) to make nine saves. Lycoming took nine shots, but only three on net, which all went in.
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Lazarich led the Warriors with two goals to give her 13 on the season, helping her move within two of the school's single-season record of 15 set by Danielle Curry in 2004.
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Bost led the Dutchmen with two goals and Amanda Douglass added a goal and two assists.
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The Warriors get back on the field when they face regionally-ranked Arcadia, which is No. 7 in the latest Mid-Atlantic Region poll, on Saturday, Oct. 18, at the Shangraw Athletic Complex. Kick-off is slated for 3 p.m.
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