(GREEN BAY ATHLETICS) GREEN BAY – The Green Bay women’s soccer team fell to No. 5 IU Indy 3-2 in overtime in the Horizon League Semifinals on Wednesday at Aldo Santaga Stadium. The loss brings one of the best seasons in program history to an end.
IU Indianapolis will advance to face top seeded Milwaukee in the Horizon League championship match this Saturday in Milwaukee at 1 p.m. CST.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Green Bay opened the scoring when Laney Stark notched her ninth goal of the season in the 11th minute. Stark uncorked a long range shot that hit the top cross bar and went in to get GB on the board.
After halftime, the Phoenix doubled the lead on a goal from Kendall Jackson, her first of the season, in the 66th minute, assisted by an Ava Nielsen freekick. Nielsen freekick trickled through the box and found Jackson on the far post who slotted it in.
Around 10 minutes after, IU Indy got on the board and made it a 2-1 match on Addison Stover’s 75th-minute goal, assisted by Lauren Henry, who subbed in just seconds prior. The Jaguars then knotted it up at 2-2 with a 78th-minute goal from Keilah Muldrow, assisted by a Madeline Chappa shot off the crossbar. Neither team scored in regulation the rest of the way and the game went into overtime.
In extra time, IU Indy won the game on Maci Sammons’ goal in the 97th minute, assisted by Caroline Kelley.
GAME NOTES
- Anna Scott piled up three saves for the Phoenix out of 13 total Jaguars shots.
- Green Bay registered nine shots on goal.
- This is the first time the Phoenix allowed more than two goals this season.
- Keilah Muldrow of IU Indy received the game’s only yellow card in the 83rd minute.
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