CLARION, Pa –Clarion's
Dani McNally (Pittsburgh, Pa., North Hills) scored the game winner with 48 seconds left in the second overtime, and the Clarion Golden Eagles prevailed to a 2-1 victory over Shippensburg, Saturday evening in front of the home crowd.
Senior
Aaliyah Odom (Pittsburgh, Pa., Plum) sent a pass through the box right to McNally who put a shot to the lower left post beating Shippensburg keeper Delaney Shifflet.
It was a fitting end after Shippensburg used last second heroics of their own to force overtime. It appeared to be a Clarion 1-0 victory in regulation, however a shot by Shippensburg's Bailey Bzdak made its way through heavy traffic and into the back of the net with only 1 second remaining, sending the game to overtime.
Clarion took a 1-0 lead early in the second half, when McNally played a ball in from the right corner that found the foot of teammate
Julianna Iocco (Wilmington, Mass., Wilmington). The senior turned and buried a shot to the far left post, putting Clarion ahead 1-0 in the 54
th minute.
Another stingy defensive performance anchored by seniors
Marina Kelly (Whitman, Mass., Whitman-Hanson) and
Jess Kenny (Westfield, N.J., Westfield) along with stellar goaltending by
Krista Mosi (South Park, Pa., South Park), helped Clarion earn an all-important PSAC victory. Mosi fiished the night with 9 saves.
With the victory Clarion moves to 3-3-1 (2-3-1 PSAC) on the season while Shippensburg drops to 1-3-1 (1-2 PSAC). Already with three victories on the season, Coach Esterhuizen's squad has surpassed their win total from a year ago and has proved to be a consistently tough matchup for every PSAC team.
Catch the Golden Eagles in action at home again this coming Tuesday (Sep 19
th) when they host Daemen College for a 2pm non-conference contest.
