WASHINGTON, D.C. - American's Ashley Flanigan (Sr., Glastonbury, CT/Glastonbury) scored at 110:12 to break a 1-1 tie and give the Eagles (2-6-2, 1-3 in the CAA) an overtime win against University of North Carolina-Wilmington (5-6, 0-2) today at Reeves Field.
The game-winning goal resulted from an AU free kick taken by Diane Wootton (Jr., Damascus, MD/Damascus (MTSU)) just outside the penalty area. Wootton hit a low cross to the near post and Flanigan one-timed the ball past UNCW goalie Meghan Fitzsimmons from six yards away.
A Sarah Rosen (Jr., Atlanta, GA/Woodward Academy) goal at 78:45 gave the Eagles a 1-0 lead but UNCW's Mandy Fletcher tied the game with less than two minutes to play when she headed home a Denise Schromm free-kick that had bouned off the right post.
AU's first goal came when Anabel Jiminez (Fr., Kensington, MD/Bullis) found Rosen with a cross to the far post that she put past Fitzsimmons from six yards out.
In goal for the Eagles, Jackie Sierodzinski (Jr., Long Valley, NJ/West Morris Central) made nine saves while Fitzsimmons made three for the Seahawks. AU next competes in the University of Richmond Spider Classic on Oct. 6 and will play Radford while UNCW next faces Coastal Carolina at home on Oct. 4.
Team 1 2 OT (1) OT (2) Final
UNCW 0 1 0 0 1
American 0 1 0 1 2
Scoring: UNCW- Fletcher (Schromm) 88:19, AU -Rosen (Jiminez) 78:45, Flanigan (Wootton) 110:12. Shots: UNCW 19, AU 18,
Saves: UNCW 3, AU 6,
Corner Kicks: UNCW 5, AU 8,
Fouls: UNCW 11, AU 9,
Offsides: UNCW 2, AU 1,
Cards: None Attendance: 176,
Lineups:
UNCW: Fitzsimmons, Truda (Stephens 60), Fletcher, Stephens (Kelly 14), Ledwell (Truda 85), Andringa, Urban, Strickland (McManus 24, Schromm 42, Quarles 65), Lundberg (McManus 58), Mastogiavanni (Schromm 73), Doherty.
AU: Sierodzinski, Donato (Schmidt 90), Detterline, Gormley, Monteith (Sengelaub 51), Rosen (Schmidt 28), Wootton (Flanigan 58), Jiminez, Arkin, Flanigan (Walls 45), Moore (Monteith 96).
