Lady Railsplitters Score OT Victory Over Spartans

SPARTANBURG, SC - Lincoln Memorial rallied from a 2-0 deficit and Danielle Dos Santos scored the match-winning goal in overtime as Lincoln Memorial took a 3-2 victory over USC Upstate Friday evening in women’s soccer action at County University Soccer Stadium. (Box Score)

Lincoln Memorial improves to 3-1-0 on the year, while the Spartans fall to 1-1-0 on the season.  USC Upstate hosts East Stroudsburg Saturday at 4:00 p.m. at County University Soccer Stadium.

USC Upstate jumped out on top when Nicole Trawick fed Melissa Kuhar with a short through ball and Kuhar pounded a shot into the net to give the Spartans a 1-0 lead less than four minutes before halftime.

USC Upstate added to the lead when Kuhar fired a ball toward the goal and Trawick bumped the ball passed the keeper and into the net for a 2-0 Spartan lead in the 63rd minute.

Shortly after, USC Upstate defender Veronica Lewis was issued a second yellow card and was sent off, leaving the Spartans a player down for the rest of the match.  Lincoln Memorial jumped at the opportunity and scored less than a minute later when Juliana Povoa played a nice pass to Heloisa de Oliveira who put the ball past USC Upstate keeper Diana Wabnitz to cut the Spartan lead to 2-1 in the 72nd minute.

With less than four minutes to play in the match, de Oliveira took a direct free kick and curved a shot towards the Spartan goal.  The shot glanced off of a Spartan defender and into the goal to lift Lincoln Memorial into a 2-2 tie.  Just 1:19 into the first overtime period, de Oliveira broke free on the left side of the field and slid a pass to Dos Santos who pounded a shot that bounced off of the right post and into the goal to give the Lady Railsplitters a 3-2 victory.

Lincoln Memorial out-shot USC Upstate 17-8 for the match.  The Lady Railsplitters will next host arch-rival Carson-Newman on Wednesday, September 6 at 2 p.m. 

 Lincoln Memorial (3-1-0) vs. USC Upstate (1-1-0)
 Date: Sep 01, 2006  Attendance: 133
 Weather: Cloudy, Cooler, Humid

 Goals by period       1  2 OT  Tot
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 Lincoln Memorial....  0  2  1 -  3
 USC Upstate.........  1  1  0 -  2

 SCORING SUMMARY:
  1.  40:09 UPSTATE Kuhar, Melissa (Trawick, Nicole)
  2.  62:36 UPSTATE Trawick, Nicole (Kuhar, Melissa)
  3.  71:17 LMU Heloisa de Oliveira (4) (Juliana Povoa) - Off a pass.
  4.  85:24 LMU Heloisa de Oliveira (5) (unassisted) - Direct free kick.
  5.  91:19 LMU Danielle Dos Santos (4) (Heloisa de Oliveira) - Off a pass from left side, bounced off right post and went in.

 Shots: Lincoln Memorial 17, USC Upstate 8
 Saves: Lincoln Memorial 1 (Stephanie Kwoka 1), USC Upstate 4 (Wabnitz,
 Diana 4)