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Women's Soccer

Marietta Women's Soccer Ties Mount St. Joseph

CINCINNATI, Ohio – The Marietta College women's soccer team scored with under a minute remaining in the second half to force overtime Saturday afternoon against Mount St. Joseph. After two scoreless overtime periods the match ended in a 1-1 deadlock. Marietta is now 1-2-1 on the season, while Mount St. Joseph is 0-3-1. [Box Score]

The Mount's Andrea Caldwell scored an unassisted goal in the 76th minute to take a 1-0 lead. Senior midfielder Cara Nuss (Dayton/Carroll) evened the score for the Pioneers with an unassisted goal in the 90th minute.

The Pioneers kept the pressure on in overtime but Mount St. Joseph's goalkeeper Shelbi Benzinger recorded four of her 10 saves in the extra time. For the match, Marietta took 21 shots to just 13 for The Mount.

Junior goalkeeper Kelly Sommers (Shaker Heights/Shaker Heights) had five saves for the Pioneers.

Marietta hosts Kenyon College on Thursday, September 15th at 5 p.m.
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