Durocher’s overtime goal lifts women’s soccer team past Calvin, 3-2

Junior Rachael Durocher scored with 3:03 left in the first overtime to lift the Olivet College women’s soccer team past defending MIAA champion Calvin College, 3-2, today at the Cutler Athletic Complex in Olivet.

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Durocher’s overtime goal lifts women’s soccer team past Calvin, 3-2
September 28, 2016

OLIVET, Mich. – Junior Rachael Durocher scored with 3:03 left in the first overtime to lift the Olivet College women's soccer team past defending Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) champion Calvin College, 3-2, today at the Cutler Athletic Complex in Olivet.

THE BASICS
Final Score: Olivet 3, Calvin 2
Location: Cutler Athletic Complex; Olivet, Mich.
Records: Olivet 6-3-1 overall, 4-2-1 MIAA; Calvin 5-5-1 overall, 4-2-1 MIAA

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • The Knights took a 1-0 lead on a goal around the mid-point of the first half.
  • The Comets tied the game at 1-1 in the 32nd minute, as Durocher sent a pass across the field, where junior Isabelle Leon scored on a shot to the far post from inside the six-yard box.
  • There was no more scoring until the 13th minute of the second half when a Calvin player dribbled the ball through Olivet's back line and deposited a shot into the goal.
  • Olivet evened the score in the 74th minute. Freshman Ashley Romanowski ripped a shot which saw the ball clang off the cross bar and right to Leon's feet inside the box. Leon then finished with a hard shot past the keeper for her 11th goal of the season.
  • Both teams had chances to score a goal late in regulation but failed to capitalize on any of them.
  • In the overtime period, each team had a shot before Durocher's game-winning goal.

FOR THE COMETS

  • Olivet recorded 13 shots, including seven on-goal.
  • Romanowski led the way with four shots.
  • Freshman Brooklyn Burel played the entire game in goal and collected five saves, while being peppered with 25 shots.

FOR THE KNIGHTS                                                                  

  • Anica Pausma and Brianna Russell had one goal apiece.
  • Whitney Koets topped the Knights with five shots, while Emily Van Vliet had four, and six others each had two.
  • Brianna Koehn made three saves in goal.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

  • Durocher's goal was the first of her career at Olivet. 
  • The win snapped a 32-game losing streak to Calvin. The Comets last beat Oct. 22, 1999. In addition, it was only the third win in 50 all-time games against the Knights.

UP NEXT

  • The Comets wrap-up the first half of their MIAA schedule Saturday when they make the trip to play Kalamazoo College at noon.