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NORTHFIELD, Vt. - Junior F Karissa Doyon scored
her second goal of the game in the final 10 minutes of regulation
to help the Norwich University women's soccer team to a 3-3 tie
against visiting Albertus Magnus College in a Great Northeast
Athletic Conference (GNAC) match Saturday afternoon at Howard
Field.
Doyon opened the scoring for the Cadets (4-5-1, 2-3-1 GNAC) when
she received the ball deep in the left corner, beat a defender, and
lofted a shot over Albertus Magnus GK Cristina Oddo and into the
back of the net. The unassisted goal at the 34:25 mark was Doyon's
first of the season.
Sam Gigliotti scored for Albertus Magnus (6-2-2, 3-2-2 GNAC) in
the 43rd minute to send the teams into halftime with a 1-1 tie.
Gigliotti again found the back of the net to open the second
half when she scored in the 51st minute, chipping a shot over
Norwich GK Nikki Hunsicker.
Norwich sophomore D Stacey Flint knotted the game at 2-2 just
one minute later when she headed in a Brittany Casey corner kick.
The goal, Flint's second of the season, came at the 51:14 mark.
The Falcons surged back ahead when Ashley Velazquez redirected a
Gigliotti shot just inside the right post at the 59:44 mark.
Doyon equaled the score at 3-3 when she settled the ball off a
Casey corner and placed it into the back of the net in the 84th
minute.
Neither team was able to muster any real scoring chance in
either overtime, and the game ended in a 3-3 tie.
Norwich junior GK Alecia Wright stopped five shots. Hunsicker
made one stop for the Cadets. Oddo finished the game with five
saves for AMC.
Norwich will return to action on Wednesday, Oct. 7, when the
Cadets host league rival Simmons College at Howard Field. Kickoff
for the pivotal conference clash is set for 3:30 p.m.