Dukes Drop 4-3 Heartbreaker in CAA Quarterfinals

Sunday, October 29

Harrisonburg, Va.

1 p.m.

James Madison University

9-10-0, 4-5-0CAA

William & Mary

8-9-2, 3-4-2CAA

William & Mary

James Madison

10/29/2017 6:42:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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HARRISONBURG, Va. - James Madison climbed back from a pair of two-goal deficits on a rainy Sunday afternoon, but William & Mary scored with less than 15 minutes left to hand the Dukes a 4-3 loss in the Colonial Athletic Association women's soccer quarterfinals at Sentara Park. JMU closes its season at 9-10 (4-5 CAA).

After falling behind 2-0 and 3-1, freshman Ginger Deel and sophomore Haley Crawford each scored goals within 10 minutes of each other to level things, but the Tribe added a fourth goal with 14:37 to play to seal the contest. Senior Kylie Hegemier scored the Dukes' opener just before halftime, while Crawford led JMU with a match-high three shots.

HOW THEY SCORED
JMU
41' | Hegemier gave the Dukes the momentum with just 4:35 to play in the opening half with her first goal of the season. Sophomore Phoebe Dinga found junior Steffi Page in the box, allowing Page to turn and fire a low ball across the goal that Hegemier slid in to bury from less than 12 yards.
59' | Deel cut the deficit back to one shortly after the Tribe's third goal, playing a quick back-and-forth with Crawford before curling in her fourth goal of the year from 25 yards out that made it 3-2.
69' | Crawford leveled things less than 10 minutes later, taking a layoff from junior Christine Tack and ripping a shot right under the crossbar from 20 yards out to make it 3-3 on her seventh goal of the season.
W&M
5' | Sami Grasso opened the scoring after Rachel Moore dribbled into the left side of the box, laying off a pass into the middle of the six-yard box that Grasso only needed to tap in to make it 1-0.
13' | Mackenzie Kober put the Dukes in an early two-goal hole after Moore lofted a long pass over the top of the defense, letting Kober run on to it and finish the one-on-one chance from the top of the area.
54' | Moore scored her own goal early in the second half, finding herself on the end of a low cross from Sarah Segan and burying a shot from just outside 12 yards to make it 3-1.
76' | Elysse Branton notched the winner for W&M, going on a long run down the right wing before cutting in and forcing in a deflected shot that rolled just inside the far post to give the Tribe the win.

MATCH NOTES
- Sophomore Haley Crawford concluded her sophomore campaign with seven goals and seven assists, giving her 12 goals and 16 assists through her first two seasons. Those marks already have her tied for 25th (12 goals) and 16th (16 assists) on James Madison's career records lists.
- The result marked just the second time in 2017 that the Dukes had yielded four goals, with the other being the season-opener against Boston College on Aug. 18.
- The Dukes made three saves in the contest, with sophomores Hannah McShea and Olivia Miller each notching one and a defender clearing a shot off the line late in the match.