Women’s soccer splits games, wins in OT

Shippensburg – 1

Bloomsburg – 0

The Shippensburg University women’s soccer team defeated Bloomsburg University 1–0 in another overtime contest Wednesday evening.

After losing two consecutive overtime games, the Raiders were able to break the streak and put together a win against Bloomsburg in extra minutes. The golden goal of the day was scored by junior Bailey Bzdak when she headed a corner kick from senior Stephanie Allshouse into the net just a little under two minutes into the overtime period.

The Raiders were able to walk away with the narrow win despite having just two shots on goal attempts in the entire game. Junior goal keeper Leah Roy continued to excel on defense, shutting out the Huskies with nine saves on the day to help seal the victory.

Shippensburg – 0

Gannon – 3

On Saturday evening the Raiders dropped an important PSAC matchup 3–0 against Gannon University.

In the early going, the Raiders were not playing their best, but managed to keep the score tied at zero for the entire first period.

Despite being outshot 10–3 by the Golden Knights, the Raiders walked into the break with a great chance to turn things around.

In the second half Gannon came out of the gate strong and continued to attack the goal like they had done in the first period. After a few minutes the Golden Knights offense finally broke through with their first goal of the day. They would add two more in the 58th and 86th minute to walk away with the win.

The Raiders had a few opportunities to score in the second half but came away with nothing.

Senior Ashley Weaver missed on a strong shot that hit the crossbar while freshman Paige Harris had another opportunity stopped in the final minute. Overall, the Golden Knights outshot the Raiders 21–10.

After splitting their matchups this week, the Raiders move to 6–5 (4–5 PSAC) on the year. The team will return home Wednesday evening to host Seton Hill University at 6 p.m. for another PSAC matchup.