Women’s Soccer Advances to CACC Championship Match with 2-1 2OT Victory
Plymouth Meeting, PA- Playing for a third-consecutive trip to the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) championship match, senior Kristin Franks (Hamilton, NJ/ Hamilton West) scored the game-winning goal in the second sudden-death overtime period with 26 seconds remaining to get the game-winner for the #1 Philadelphia University women's soccer team (11-6-4, 8-0-3 CACC) in a 2-1 CACC semifinal victory over the #4 Caldwell College Cougars (8-11-1, 7-3-1 CACC) on Wednesday afternoon.
The Lady Rams will #2 Georgian Court University on Saturday, November 8th at 5:30 p.m. in the CACC championship match. GCU advanced with a 1-0 win over #3 Holy Family in the other semifinal match.
Franks' winning goal was her first score of the season.
The Lady Rams started the match with a 15-0 shot advantage in the first half- but could not find the back of the net as they headed into the break tied 0-0.
PhilaU senior Brianna Reinford (Gilbertsville, PA/ Pottsgrove) headed in the first goal of the match at 70:16, off a corner kick from sophomore Sara Redka (Williamsport, PA/ Williamsport) to take a 1-0 lead.
The Lady Rams held the Cougars shot-less for nearly 80 minutes, but the Cougars clawed back with a header from Samantha Rinks off a corner kick from Morgan Frankenfield to make it 1-1 and send the game into overtime.
Franks scored the game-winner in the second overtime period off a direct kick to seal the win for PhilaU in dramatic fashion. The Lady Rams outshot Caldwell 32-3 for the match.
Senior goalie Sara Hall (Newark, DE/ Wilmington Charter) had three saves in the win, while CC's keeper Lauren Hoenig had 14 stops.
