LOS ANGELES, Calif. - For the third consecutive game Kali Youngdahl was a difference maker, tonight punching in the game-winner in the 110th minute to propel the Cal Lutheran women's soccer team to a dramatic 3-2 double overtime victory against Occidental in Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) action.
Occidental controlled the pace of play early with seven first period shots to just two from Cal Lutheran, but the second half and overtime were a different story as CLU swayed the momentum and outshot Oxy 14-5 over the final 65 minutes.
Trailing 1-0 at the intermission and well into the second half, Kirsten Bergseth scored her first collegiate goal to equalize the score at 1-1 with 15 minutes remaining in regulation. Just over three minutes later Youngdahl put the Regals on top 2-1, though the Tigers tied things up again at the 86:14 mark. CLU had an opportunity to end things in the final minute of regulation, but a diving stop by Oxy goalie Dallas Gunny, denied the penalty kick to send the squads into extra time.
A scoreless first overtime led to the dramatic ending. With the clock just ticks away from time expiring, Katie Moyer won a goal kick and Youngdahl ran through and ripped it for the winning goal at 1:09.28.
Overall, Cal Lutheran earned five corner kicks with one in overtime and surrendered just three during the game. The final shot tally sat at 16-12 in favor of the visiting team. Moyer and Youngdahl both finished with three chances and Bergseth, Bianca Deardorff and Sierra Duarte fired off a pair apiece. Kiki Bailey reocrded three saves for the Regals as she played the whole game.
Youngdahl has now netted five goals in three games with back-to-back two-goal games for the Regals. Additionally, Moyer has supplied an assist in each of the last three contests, adding a goal as well.
Tonight was the fourth 2OT game of the year for the Regals who are now 2-0-2 in that situation. The CLU team is unbeaten over their last four contests with three wins and a tie.
Occidental (4-4, 2-4 SCIAC) looked to Alana Hillman for a goal and an assist while Julie Khil scored the first goal of the game and Michaela Tsuha added an assist on the second. Khil took five shots to lead all players. Defensively, Gunny worked the entire game guarding the goal and recorded eight saves.
Cal Lutheran (5-4-2, 3-2-1) is on the road for a SCIAC game against Chapman on Wednesday, Oct. 8 at 4:00 p.m.
Box Score: CLU 3, OXY 2 - 2OT
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