Women’s soccer team ties Albion, 1-1

OLIVET, Mich. – The Olivet College women's soccer team tied Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) rival Albion College, 1-1, in double overtime today at the Cutler Athletic Complex in Olivet.

Final Score: Olivet 1, Albion 1 (2OT)
Location: Cutler Athletic Complex; Olivet, Michigan
Records: Albion 6-4-2 overall, 3-1-1 MIAA; Olivet 4-6-3 overall, 0-3-3 MIAA

• The Comets led 1-0 in the third minute. Junior Grace White's shot clanged off the cross bar. Sophomore Lauren Maybee gathered the rebound and her shot found the back of the net.
• The Britons wasted no time in leveling the score just three minutes and 14 seconds later.
• Olivet had more chances to score the go-ahead goal in the first half, out-shooting Albion 8-6.
• Neither team was able to get a goal in the second half, sending the game to overtime.
• In the first extra period, sophomore Mekenzie Lamb saved three Briton shots.
• Both teams had a shot saved by the keeper in the five minutes of the second overtime stanza.
• Junior Chelsie Smith ripped two shots off the cross bar in the final four minutes of the overtime period.

• Olivet tallied 16 shots in the game.
• Smith and senior Abby Radcliffe each registered four shots. Three of Radcliffe's shots were on-goal.
• Lamb made nine saves, while playing all 110 minutes in goal.

• Albion recorded 18 shots, including seven for Clare Kelley.
• Haley Demers was in goal for the entire game and had six saves.

• The Comets have now played four straight overtime games, settling for draws in three.
• Overall, Olivet has gone to overtime in five games this season. That total matches the 2015 season for the most overtime games in one season in school history.

• The Comets host Finlandia University tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. After the game, Olivet will take a moment to recognize its four seniors.