By Jeffrey Werner – STAFF WRITER
Junior midfielder Jill Mulholland was the heroine of the game for Hofstra’s women soccer as her two goals were enough to push the Pride past the Northeastern Huskies 2-1.
Coming into the game, both the Huskies and Pride were tied for first in the CAA with records at 4-1-1 in conference play, so the winner would get sole possession of first place in the CAA.
Despite the lack of scoring in the first half, Hofstra made it clear it was them who wanted to control the game. The Pride registered seven shots while the Huskies only managed two. However, towards the end of the first half, Northeastern came close to giving themselves a 1-0 lead going into halftime.
Carly Wilhelm shot the ball towards the Hofstra goal, but the ball hit the crossbar and the Pride was able to escape the scare and head into the locker room with a scoreless tie at halftime.
Northeastern attempted to take control of the second half with some aggressive play and corner kicks. While the aggressive play gave free kicks to Hofstra, Northeastern was able to gain momentum. That is, until Mulholland received the ball from Leah Galton and fired it past the Huskie’s goalie for her sixth goal of the season and a 1-0 lead in favor of the Pride.
However, Northeastern wasn’t going to roll over and let Hofstra win the game easily. With less than five minutes to go, Breeana Koemans shot the ball past Hofstra goalie Friederike Mehring to tie the game up at 1 and send it into overtime.
Northeastern is a team that has had success in overtime, so Hofstra was going to have to play the best they could in order to escape Boston with a victory. Mulholland once again stepped up for the Pride as she shot the ball 20 yards from the goal, out of the reach of the Huskies’ goalie, and into the net to give the Pride a 2-1 overtime win.
The Pride only has two games left in their season; both of which will be at home. The first game will be against the Fightin’ Blue Hens of the University of Delaware (7-7-2 or 2-3-2 in CAA) on Friday, October 23rd at 7 pm. Then, the Drexel Dragons (8-8 or 2-5 in CAA) will come into town on Sunday, October 25th at 1 pm.
