WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. – Freshman forward
Sara Bane's header with less than two minutes left in double overtime sent the Concord University women's soccer team to 1-0 win over West Liberty in Mountain East Conference action at the WL Soccer Complex Saturday afternoon.
It was the third straight win for the Mountain Lions who improve to 8-6 overall and 6-6 in the league. WLU drops to 4-8-2 and 3-8-2 against MEC foes.
Concord took 11 shots on the day, but it was West Liberty's Lauren Hartnell saving the first 10 until Bane found the back of the net in the 109
th minute.
Right before the goal, Bane had a shot blocked down that forced a corner kick. Freshman forward
Courtney Wallace delivered the corner  into the box where Bane deflected it past Hartnell to seal an overtime victory.
In the 18 minutes of overtime, freshman goalkeeper
Katie Maher stopped one of her five shots on the day to record her fifth shutout of the season.
With Saturday's win, it is the longest winning streak for the Mountain Lions since 2012 when they won eight in a row to close the season.
Concord forced Hartnell to make half of her 10 saves in overtime as it faced six shots on goal in the extra sessions.
Freshman midfielder
Yasmin Mosby and Wallace each had three shots on goal while Bane had two.
In addition to Maher making five saves, the defensive quartet of junior
Joanna Aiello, freshman
Morgan Carmichael, sophomore
Ali Cook and freshman
Alyssa Mahar limited the Hilltoppers to five shots.
Concord finishes the season with four straight home games starting 1:00 p.m. Wednesday against Wheeling Jesuit.
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