The University of Southern Indiana women’s soccer team allowed a goal 2:13 into overtime and fell at Rockhurst University, 3-2, Friday evening in Kansas City, Missouri. USI saw its record fall to 3-3-1 and 2-3-0 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, while Rockhurst rose to 2-2-3, 2-2-0 GLVC.
The Screaming Eagles fell behind early in the match as the Hawk scored 2:46 into the match to take a 1-0 lead. Rockhurst would hold the lead through the intermission, outshooting USI, 7-1.
USI evened the match, 1-1, in the first 12 minutes of the second half when senior forward Madi Vellky (Dublin, Ohio) recorded her second goal of the season. Vellky was assisted by freshman forward Ryley Hancock(Evansville, Indiana), who picked up her team-high third of the year.
USI freshman midfielder Olivia Wilde (Racine, Wisconsin) gave the Eagles a 2-1 lead with a tally at 66:52. The goal was Wilde’s first for her career at USI and she was assisted by the play by junior defender Gabriella Korte (St. Louis, Missouri).
Rockhurst bounced back to send the match into overtime when they scored on a penalty kick with 1:25 left in regulation, tying the game, 2-2, and setting the stage for its overtime win. The Hawks did not wait long in overtime, getting the game-winner at 92:13.
The Eagles conclude the road trip to the far west of the GLVC Sunday when they visit William Jewell College for a noon match-up. William Jewell saw its record go to 3-3-2, 1-3-1 GLVC, after falling 15th-ranked Bellarmine University, 2-0, Friday night in Liberty, Missouri.
USI and William Jewell are tied in the all-time series, 2-2-0, after the Eagles took last year’s match, 3-2, in double overtime at Strassweg Field. The Eagles posted their wins in each of the last two seasons.
