WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – A late goal by first-year
Abigail Umhoefer (Poughkeepsie, N.Y./Our Lady of Lourdes) was the key to the Lycoming College women's soccer team punching its ticket to the five-team MAC Freedom Championship for the first time in program history, as it shutout DeSales University, 1-0, on Saturday, Oct. 22, at UPMC Field.
The Warriors advance to 5-2 in the MAC Freedom and sit tied for second in the conference with one game remaining. Sophomore goalkeeper
Abbey Gerasimoff (Bloomsburg, Pa./Bloomsburg) set the single-season shutout record with her seventh solo shutout and the Warriors (11-3-2 overall) extended their school-record to 11.
Both teams were held scoreless for 78 minutes until Umhoefer found the back of the net unassisted after catching the ball just inside the right of the box, her shot ricocheting off the left goal post for the game-winner. Umhoefer led the team with three shots on goal.
Gerasimoff finished the game with seven saves. Hannah Pacheco also finished with seven saves for the Bulldogs (9-5-2 overall, 3-3 MAC Freedom).
With two games remaining in the regular season, the Warriors return to the field on Wednesday, Oct. 26, when they face Juniata College in non-conference action at 7:30 p.m. in Huntingdon, Pa., needing one more win to tie the single-season record of 12 wins set in 2004.
