Kelsey Goldring’s Stunning Game-Winner Sends Bobcats Past Bryant in Overtime, 2-1

Wednesday, August 30

Hamden, Conn.

3:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

3-1

Bryant

2-1-1

OT 2

Bryant

Quinnipiac

Kelsey Goldring’s Stunning Game-Winner Sends Bobcats Past Bryant in Overtime, 2-1

8/30/2017 6:01:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Quinnipiac Ups Home Winning Streak to 11 Straight, Bobcats Win Second OT Match this Season

By: QU Athletic Communications

HAMDEN, Connecticut – Kelsey Goldring (Armonk, New York) provided the heroics with a stunning overtime game-winner to seal a come-from-behind 2-1 victory for the Quinnipiac women's soccer team over Bryant on Wednesday afternoon from the Quinnipiac Soccer Turf Complex. Trailing for much of the second half, Al Pelletier (Cheshire, Connecticut) slammed home the equalizer with 5:14 remaining in regulation, setting the stage for Goldring's thrilling winner where she deked over a diving Bryant keeper before thumping a thunderous shot on an open net.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 2 / Bryant 1 (Overtime)

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (3-1, 0-0 MAAC) / Bryant (2-1-1, 0-0 NEC)

LOCATION
Quinnipiac Soccer Turf Complex / Hamden, Conn.

NOTES

Goldring sent the Bobcat faithful home happy with a thrilling goal in which she received a perfect through ball from Madison Borowiec, deked out the Bryant keeper with one touch and slammed home the game-winner in the 99^th minute of play
Goldring's marker is her second on the season and first career game-winner as the redshirt freshman is making an immediate impact, currently tied for the team-lead with six points (two goals, two assists)
Trailing by a goal for much of the second half, mustering only one shot-on-goal through the first 84+ minutes of play, Al Pelletier was on the receiving end of a great sequence of passes to notch the equalizer with just 5:14 remaining
Jess Cascio started the game-tying goal with a free kick from midfield that found the head of Borowiec, flicked on to Goldring's foot who touched a through ball to Pelletier who took one touch before sliding a perfect shot to the far post that beat the Bryant keeper to make it 1-1
Pelletier's goal is her second on the season while Borowiec and Goldring combined for assists on the marker that tied the score and sent the game into the extra session
Quinnipiac was limited for much of the game on the offensive end, attempting just four shots (only one on-target) through the first 68+ minutes of play
For the final 30 minutes of play, however, the Bobcats generated 10 shots compared to just four through the first 68 minutes
Borowiec's two-assist game is her first career multi-assist performance while she nearly doubled her career output in this one match alone (three career assists in 37 games prior to today)
The overtime win is the second on the season already through four games in 2017 (Bobcats defeated Holy Cross 4-3 in OT on August 18)
Quinnipiac improves to 11-0 at home since the start of the 2016 season
Quinnipiac began with the same starting lineup for the second straight game
The Bobcat defense tightened as the match went along, holding the Bulldogs to no shots in the final 48:10 of play

GAME WINNER FROM GOLDRING!! What a pass from Borowiec leading to an epic deke by the keeper. 2-1 Bobcats win pic.twitter.com/ql4oUKdCnz
— QU Women's Soccer (@QUWomensSoccer) August 30, 2017

Pelletier equalizes and we're off to OT!! pic.twitter.com/zdAr7m3GUH
— QU Women's Soccer (@QUWomensSoccer) August 30, 2017

QUINNIPIAC GAME LEADERS
Scoring Summary: Pelletier (85' from Goldring & Borowiec), Goldring (99' from Borowiec)
Shots: Nadya Gill 6, Borowiec 3, Goldring 2, Three players w/ 1
Saves: Myszewski (2)

UPCOMING GAMES
Up next is the most-anticipated non-conference match of the season as Quinnipiac welcomes Miami to the Quinnipiac Soccer Turf Complex on Sunday afternoon (12 PM). A 10-win team a year ago, Miami advanced to the ACC Tournament in 2016 where the Hurricanes fell to nationally-ranked Clemson in the quarterfinal round. Quinnipiac has never faced an ACC opponent and has played host to just one high-major conference program (Providence (BIG EAST) - three times, most recently in 2012).