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COUGARS COME BACK TO BEAT NYACK IN OVERTIME

9-14-05

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NYACK, N.Y. - Sophomore forward Brook Delucca (Nutley, NJ/Nutley) scored 1:05 into overtime to give the Caldwell College women's soccer team a 2-1 victory over Nyack College in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference match Wednesday afternoon at Nyack. With the win, the Cougars improve to 2-3 overall and 2-1 in the CACC, while Nyack falls to 1-7, 0-3 CACC.

The evenly-played match was scoreless until late in the second half, when Nyack's Jenna Cutts headed home a cross from Jess Betts to give the Warriors a 1-0 lead in the 78th minute. Then with just 94 seconds left in the game, a Nyack player was called for a handball in the penalty area, resulting in a penalty kick for Caldwell. Sophomore midfielder Carla Bleiler (Galloway Twp., NJ/Absegami) converted the penalty kick to tie the game at 1-1 and send it into overtime.

Shortly after the first overtime period had begun, freshman midfielder Kristee Paknis (Whiting, NJ/Manchester) sent a pass to Delucca near the top of the Warriors' penalty area. Delucca fired a shot that was initially saved by goalkeeper Whitney Shutt, but the ball deflected off the back of a defender and rolled over the goal line. The goal was Delucca's team-leading fourth of the season.

Freshman goalkeeper Annie LaForge made four saves for the Cougars, while Shutt recorded eight saves in goal for Nyack.

Next up for the Cougars is a non-conference game at New York Tech on Saturday, Sept. 17. Kick-off is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. in Old Westbury, N.Y.

CC - 0 1 1 - 2

NC - 0 1 0 - 1

Scoring Summary: 1. NC - Jenna Cutts 3 (Jess Betts), 77:21. 2. CC - Carla Bleiler 2 (penalty kick), 88:26. 3. CC - Brook Delucca 4 (Kristee Paknis), 91:05.

Shots: CC - 16; NC - 9

Saves: CC - Annie LaForge 4; NC - Whitney Shutt 8

Corners: CC - 9; NC - 3

Fouls: CC - 11; NC - 3

Offsides: CC - 0; NC - 1

Cautions: none

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