Middlebury Beats Trinity Women’s Soccer in Final Minutes of Double Overtime
Hartford, Conn. - First-year Amy Schlueter (San Francisco, Calif.) scored two goals, including a game-winner in double overtime, to lead the Middlebury College Panthers to a 2-1 win over the Trinity College Bantams this afternoon in New England Small College Athletic Conference women's soccer action on Campus Field. The Bantams fall to 0-1-2 overall and 0-1-1 in the league after their third double overtime game this season, while the Panthers, ranked No. 5 in New England, improve to 3-0 overall and in the NESCAC with their second overtime win this season. The game was Trinity's home opener.
Trinity scored their first goal of the season when sophomore Leigh Howard (Bethany, Conn.) broke a 421-minute Bantam scoring drought to put the Bantams on top 1-0 just under seven minutes into the game. Trinity was able to hold the lead until Schlueter answered late in the second half to tie the game at 1-1 and eventually force overtime. In the second overtime period, Schlueter netted her second goal of the day with just 1:39 remaining in the game, after her shot bounced off the bottom of the crossbar and straight down, barely penetrating the goal line and giving the Panthers the comeback win.
Sophomore Lily Pepper (Princeton Junction, N.J.) made seven saves and allowed both goals in 63 minutes of action for Trinity while junior Emily Weedon (Wellesley, Mass.) made one stop and allowed no goals in 45 minutes in net for the Bantams, while junior Lauren Torch (Bronxville, N.Y.) made nine saves to earn the win for the Panthers. Pepper had played her first 209 minutes this season and 441 straight going back to last season without allowing a goal before Middlebury tied it.
