WHEELING, W. Va. - Brianna Rose's 100th-minute goal in overtime negated a 3-0 comeback by the host Wheeling Cardinals, giving the Senators a 4-3 victory on the road on Saturday in Mountain East Conference (MEC) play.
Alexandra Cantarelli started off the scoring for the Senators, netting her first career goal in the 8th minute to put the visitors up 1-0, a lead D&E would take into the half.
Chelsi Jadoo would score on a penalty kick to give the Senators a 2-0 lead early in the second period, and
Raquel Lewis buried a strike to give the Senators a 3-0 lead shortly after.
Wheeling responded with three unanswered goals in 15 minutes to tie the game 3-3 and force overtime.
Brianna Rose took a deflection into the left corner with less than a minute remaining in the first overtime period to give the Senators a key 4-3 victory.
THE RUNDOWN
- Davis & Elkins – 4 (7-6-2, 6-5-1 MEC)
- Wheeling – 3
- Bishop Schmitt Field – Wheeling, W. Va.
GAME NOTES
- Brianna Rose picked a good time to score her first career goal, as her overtime winner kept the Senators' playoff hopes alive. The Senators occupy the fourth spot in the South Division in the MEC standings at the time of release, just two points behind West Virginia Wesleyan for third place and three points back of Charleston (W. Va.) for second.
- Lisa Milliken and Asheli Freed were credited with assists on the afternoon.
- The Senators were outshot 21-15 on the game, but capitalized on 16 Cardinal fouls and 5 yellow cards to escape with the victory.
UP NEXT
- The Senators return home to Nuttall Field for the final two games of the regular season, beginning on Wednesday, November 6th against West Liberty at 5:00 P.M..
