Late Comeback Drops Dukes Against Boston College

Friday, August 18

Harrisonburg, Va.

7 p.m.

James Madison University

0-1

Boston College

1-0

OT 2

Boston College

James Madison

8/19/2017 12:35:00 AM | Women's Soccer

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HARRISONBURG, Va. - Boston College converted a penalty kick in the seventh minute of the first overtime period to complete a second-half comeback and hand James Madison a 4-3 loss in non-conference women's soccer action at Sentara Park on Friday night. The contest marked both teams' season opener.

Junior Stephanie Hendrie and sophomores Haley Crawford and Lizzy Lazzaro all opened their 2017 scoring accounts for the Dukes in the loss, which saw BC score twice in the final six minutes of regulation to force the overtime period.

HOW THEY SCORED
JMU
14' | On a corner kick from freshman Sophie Brause, Hendrie beat the goalkeeper to the near post and nodded the opening goal in from mere feet away from the post.
39' | Crawford made it 2-0 on a breakaway just before halftime, when junior Carmen Thomas lofted a perfect chip over the BC defense to send the sophomore off to the races and allow her to calmly finish from about 12 yards out.
72' | Lazzaro put the Dukes up 3-1 with a stunner, lofting in a free kick from nearly 60 yards that bounced in the center of the box and floated over the goalkeeper's outstretched arms into the goal.
Boston College
62' | Olivia Vaughn cut BC's deficit to 2-1 when Kayla Jennings headed a corner back across frame at the hour mark, allowing Vaughn to bury the shot from just six yards out.
85' | Jenna Bike cut the the Dukes' lead to one again, running on to a perfect through ball from Allyson Swaby and burying a contested shot to make it 3-2.
90' | Vaughn tallied her second of the night when a deflection fell to her in stride in the attacking third, putting her in on goal to equalize with just 43 seconds to play.
97' | After an unfortunate bounce drew a handball in the box, Lauren Berman snuck a penalty kick just inside the right post to give the Eagles the 4-3 victory.

MATCH NOTES
-Hendrie, Crawford and junior Steffi Page all tallied a pair of shots on the evening, with Hendrie and Crawford placing both their shots on frame.
-Page produced maybe the most impressive shot of evening, fielding a bouncing ball on the right wing, turning and ripping a 20-yard volley all in one motion, drawing a diving save out of the goalkeeper.
-Sophomore goalkeeper Olivia Miller tallied four saves in the loss.

FAIRFIELD INN BY MARRIOTT INVITATIONAL
In the evening's other contest, William & Mary opened its 2017 season with a 2-0 win over Providence College, getting goals from freshman Erin Dailey and senior Elysse Branton.

UP NEXT
The Dukes will close out the Fairfield Inn by Marriott Invitational on Sunday afternoon, when they face Providence College at 2 p.m. at Sentara Park. Live audio will be available for the contest on Madizone HD SportsNet provided by the JMU Alumni Association.