[Women's Soccer] Cavs Win OT Thriller Over Bacone on Halloween

SHAWNEE- St. Gregory's (8-8-1, 4-5-1 SAC) survived a scare from Bacone College (3-15, 1-9 SAC) on a chilly Tuesday afternoon game at Fr. victor Roberts Field. The Cavaliers scored two late goals to take down the Warriors in overtime. The Warriors struck first, when Kallie Smith scored on a penalty kick in the fourty-ninth minute of the game. The Cavs would tie the game at one goal a piece in the seventieth minute, when Nathaly Lopez (JR/Cerritos, Calif.) scored on a long shot from outside of the box, and beating the goalie high. With the score locked at one at the end of regulation, the teams went into overtime, where Concepcion Laborin (SO/Windsor, Calif.) would become the hero. Laborin picked up the ball from a scrum in the top left corner of the box, before delivering a strong kick over the keepers head to end the game in the ninty-third minute. 

The goal for Lopez was her first of the season, and the game-winner for Laborin was her third of the season, second coming in overtime. Mallory Adams (SR/Edmond, Okla.), the reigning SAC Defensive Player-of-the-Week, played well in goal for SGU, as she stopped 5 of the 6 shots that she faced. Lopez and Hanna Arthur (FR/Yukon, Okla) each finished the game with two shots on goal, while Veronica Trujillo (JR/Mckinney, Texas) and Concepcion Laborin each tallied one shot on target. 

The win puts the Cavs in a much better situation for the SAC Playoffs, as they now are 4-5-1 in conference play, and they sit alone in sixth place. If the Cavs stay in sixth place going into the playoffs, they would likely face either SAGU or Texas Wesleyan. The SAC Playoffs begin on Nov. 3, and St. Gregory's would travel to the higher seeds turf.