Women's Soccer vs. Ursinus - Athletics & Recreation

Women's Soccer
10/8/07

Stockton 4, Ursinus 3 (OT)

Laura O'Shea

Boxscore

Laura O’Shea (Petersburg/Ocean City) scored her second goal of the game on a header with 56 seconds left in the first overtime to give Stockton a 4-3 victory over Ursinus. Shelley Gibney (Shamong/Seneca) tallied a goal and two assists while Leah Pocoroba (Galloway/Holy Spirit) also netted a goal for the Ospreys. Stockton goalie Alex Rogers (Medford/Shawnee) made four saves for the win.

The goals came quickly after a scoreless first half. Gibney booted a sharp-angle shot in off the crossbar just 35 seconds into the second half to give Stockton a 1-0 lead. Ursinus quickly tied the game just 3:11 later on a corner kick that glanced off a Stockton defender and crossed the goal line. O’Shea put the Ospreys on top 2-1 with her first goal of the game on a rebound at 56:05, but Ursinus knotted the match 2-2 at 60:33.

The Bears then scored a goal at 78:31 to take their only lead of the game, 3-2. Less than four minutes later, Pocoroba poked a loose ball past the charging Ursinus goalie for a 3-3 tie that forced overtime. In OT, Gibney served a cross from the right wing that O’Shea headed into the net for the game-winning goal that gave Stockton its fourth consecutive victory, 4-3.