Goldey-Beacom College fell to Holy Family University, 2-1, Wednesday afternoon at Nancy Churchman Sawin Field.
Holy Family opened the scoring in the 37th minute when Bridget Dickson converted a penalty kick. The Lightning answered in the 68th minute when senior Lexy Yeager (West Deptford, NJ)Â Â found the back of the net off an assist from junior Jessica Jensen (Las Vegas, NV). Holy Family regained the lead in the 79th minute when Kenna Rozanski scored off an assist from Jessica Levush and Allison Devine, putting the Tigers ahead 2-1.
Goldey-Beacom had seven shots with Yeager recording three. Jensen added two shots with senior Miley Jones (Pemberton, NJ) and junior Tess Pearce (Manchester, England) each recording one.
Sophomore goalkeeper Maria Empadinhas (Cascais, Portugal) made four saves for the Lightning and while Holy Family's Jaina Preuhs also recorded four.
With the result, Goldey-Beacom moves to 1-7-1 overall and 1-2-1 in conference play. The Lightning return to action Saturday, October 3, hosting Dominican at noon for Homecoming Weekend.
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