BIDDEFORD, Maine – Junior Olivia Moore (Salem, Conn.) scored with 4:18 left in the second overtime to lift the fifth-seeded Wentworth Institute of Technology women's soccer team to a 2-1 win over fourth-seeded University of New England in a quarterfinal round contest of the 2013 Commonwealth Coast Conference Women's Soccer Tournament.
The win propels the Leopards (7-8-4) to the CCC Semifinals where they will travel to top-seeded Endicott – a 2-1 (overtime) winner over Curry – on Wednesday at 5:00. UNE sees its season end at 8-9-2.
Moore's heroics came after the Nor'Easters had scored the game-tying goal off a rebound with just two ticks left in regulation.
Wentworth took a 1-0 lead at the 34:52 mark when Moore sent a cross into the left side of the box. Freshman Mykaela Scarpace (Marlborough, Conn.) headed the cross inside the right post for her third marker of the season.
Both teams would have chances toward the end of the first half, however Leopard junior Nicole Leahey (Warwick, R.I.) and Nor'Easter freshman Brielle Robinson (Monson, Mass.) kept the score 1-0 in favor of the visitors. Both teams had nine shots over the first 45 minutes, with Wentworth putting six on target and UNE, four. The Leopards had a 3-2 edge in corner kicks.
The Nor'Easters had the first four shots of the second half, however would not put any of them on goal. UNE had a golden opportunity in the 71st minute when junior Margaret Palmer (Scarborough, Maine) headed a ball toward the net that was cleared out by a Wentworth defender. The rebound came out to freshman Anna Michaud (Hampden, Maine) went high.
After Moore's attempt to put Wentworth ahead 2-0 was saved by Robinson with 18 seconds left, the hosts made one last run in an attempt to force overtime. Freshman Jessica Meader (Scarborough, Maine) put a shot on net which Leahey saved. However, the rebound came out to junior Lindsay Monaco (Holyoke, Mass.), who put home the tying goal at 89:58.
UNE took the lone shot of the first overtime, which sailed high of the net, and to start the second overtime, the Leopards had a chance off a corner kick play that went wide.
Junior Tori Armishaw (Scarborough, Maine) would send a pass into the box where Moore collected it in the middle and put home her 17th marker of the season at 105:42, which sends the Leopards into the conference semifinals for the first time since the 2009 season.
Leahey made 10 saves, while Robinson stopped seven. The Nor'Easters held a 24-17 shot advantageand a 7-5 advantage on corner kicks.
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