DALLAS, Texas - The Regis University Women's Soccer team, ranked #13 in the most recent IWSOC Coaches Poll and seeded No. 3 in the South Central Region, fell to No. 4 UCCS in double overtime, 2-1, on Friday evening at Dallas Baptist University. The Rangers fall to 15-4-1, while the Mountain Lions improve to 15-4-2.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Rangers would take the first three shots of the match, but UCCS would take the first shot on goal, which was saved by Maggie Payne in the 14th minute. The Mountain Lions took the offensive momentum from there, taking six straight shots, and a shot on goal, before Quinn Quinabo took a shot on target at 33:15. While the Rangers ended up offside once toward the end of the half, Elsa Nolen ended the period with an attempt on target.
Out of the break, it took Springs less than a minute to break the stalemate. However, they would not hold the advantage long, as Fernanda Rodriguez got the ball off of a deflection, froze the keeper, and found the back of the net from eight yards out. While the Mountain Lion's defense held RU in check, allowing only one more shot, Payne saved the lone SOG, and the Ranger's defensive line didn't allow any of the final six attempts to be a clean shot.
Neither team would manage a shot for over half of the first overtime period, but after UCCS took their first, they added three more in under two minutes. Payne saved two more SOG, and Rodriguez had a chance to win it with under 10 seconds left, but put it high, and the match went into double OT.
The fatigue set in in the final period, with neither team able to put together a clean run. Payne saved a SOG with less than three minutes to play, but with 30 seconds left, UCCS put in a corner kick, and fired to the opposite top corner, winning the match.
GAME NOTES
·       Seven different Rangers took at least one shot
·       Three landed a shot on goal
·       Addysen Gasser and Brielle Bickham both played all 110 minutes
·       Payne posted six saves
·       Five different Mountain Lions recorded a point
