Extra time was on tap for the Aurora University women's soccer team as they traveled to Dominican University and lost 2-1.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE:Â Dominican University 2, Aurora University 1 - 2 OT
LOCATION: River Forest, Illinois – West Campus Field
RECORDS:Â Aurora University 3-7-2; 2-3-1 NACC; Dominican University 8-4; 4-2 NACC
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HOW IT HAPPENED
Dominican opened the game strong with an early goal by Jackie Viola at 5:42.
The rest of the first half was back and forth with no other goals scored.
Midway through the second half AU netted a goal from
Alexis Abelove who was assisted by
Alexis Bejarano.
When regulation ended the score was still 1-1 and the game went to overtime.
Late in the first overtime period Dominican scored the game winning goal with just over a minute left on the clock.
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FOR THE SPARTANS
The Spartans had 12 shots and 3 were on net
Aurora had four corner kicks while Dominican had five
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SPARTAN STAT LEADERS
GOALS: Alexis Abelove (1)
ASSISTS: Alexis Bejarano
SHOTS: Kaitlin Im Hoff and
Alexis Bejarano (3)
SAVES: Caitlin deRuiter (1)
UP NEXT
Next action for the Spartan women's soccer team comes on Wednes
day, October 12 when they host the University of Wisconsin - Whitewater. Game time is set for 2:00 p.m. on Vago Field.
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