Boxscore
PIKE CREEK, Del. – The Goldey-Beacom College women's soccer team fell to Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference foe, Felician College, 3-2 on Sun. afternoon at Nancy Churchman-Sawin Field.
Despite one of its better efforts of the season (23 shots, 13 SOG), the Lightning squandered a 2-1 second-half lead, giving up an Alysia Arcona game-winning goal in the 73rd minute.
Sophomore Kelly Williams again scored both of the Lightning goals today as she now has seven goals this season, including four in these past two days. Also active on the offensive end were junior midfielder Marissa Valladares (game-high six shots, 3 SOG), junior forward Ashley Longo (four shots) and junior midfielder Karin Eriksson (five shots, 3 SOG). Junior midfielder Taylor Faunt took one shot as well, and she was credited with the assist on Williams' second goal.
Leading the Golden Falcons charge were Jojo Pisani (1g, 1a) and Derienne Jacobowitz (1g 1a). Felician took 20 shots (9 SOG).
Felician's Allie Couzo picked up the win in goal by allowing just one goal and making five saves in the second half. Shaniel Lorenzo made the start in the Falcon net and allowed one goal while making six stops.
Sophomore goalkeeper Alyssa Vetrano got the start in the Lightning goal and made one save while allowing one goal. Junior Kristin Degenhardt (1-6) allowed two goals while making five saves.
After 35 minutes of scoreless play, Pisani opened the scoring for the day when she put home a rebound off a Jacobowitz shot that had hit the crossbar.
Williams answered nearly four minutes later when she poked a shot past a charging Lorenzo to the right side of the net on a breakaway about five minutes before the break to even the score at one apiece.
Just as she did yesterday at Post, Williams scored right before the half to give the Lightning momentum at the break and then capitalized on that momentum with an early second-half goal. This time, she received a lovely thru ball from Faunt and beat Couzo for the goal in the 52nd minute.
Just three minutes later Pisani responded for the Falcons, as she and Peterson connected on a pretty give-and-go play and Pisani finished it off with her second goal of the day to knot the score at two.
After nearly a 20-minute scoring lull, Arcona scored with a defender draped all over her in the box after a thru ball by Jacobowitz.
The Lightning, who out-shot Felician 16-12 in the second half including an 8-4 advantage after the winning goal was scored, could not muster a third goal to send the game to overtime.
GBC (1-12-1, 1-10-1 CACC) has now lost three games by a margin of one goal, including two one-goal losses in back-to-back days this weekend by the identical score of 3-2. The Lightning had to do without senior defender Ashley Welch today as she was injured in pre-game warm-ups.
Felician, who was coming off an impressive 2-1 win on Senior Night against Holy Family last night, improved to 7-8 overall and 6-5 in league play.
The Lightning will host Lincoln University in the season finale on Fri. at 4 p.m. This will be the last game in the career of Ashley Welch. Unfortunately, Welch will have to sit out as she fractured a bone in her ankle.
