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Box Score

Sep. 11, 2016 – Fighting their way back from being down 3-0 early in the match, the North Central College women's soccer team was unable to overcome the deficit and lose 5-2 against Penn St. Behrend Sunday afternoon at Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium.

Penn St. Behrend got the scoring started quickly as Jordan Oberlander found that back of the net off of a perfect pass from Alex Bilka. The Lions (1-2) scored again at the 11:36 mark as Olivia Belack scored off another Bilka assist. 30 seconds later, Bilka got in on the scoring and gave the Lions an early 3-0 lead.

North Central (1-1-1) would fight back however as Taylor Markanich scored her third goal of the season, a curving ball that found the upper right hand corner over the outstretched arms of the Lion goalie. In the 40^th minute, Sarah Gaither helped cut the deficit after a deflected ball in the goalie box bounced around and she was able to score her first goal of the season. The Cardinals would go into halftime down 3-2

The second half would start with a significant Cardinals shot advantage as well as dominating the time of possession. The Lions changed the momentum as Olivia Belack scored in the 67^th minute and then again in the 69^th, her second and third goals of the game. The Cardinals could not seem to get anything going the rest of the way and would fall 5-2.

Belack would log a hat trick for the Lions as well as an assist. Nicki Seiton recorded one save on the day, putting her in a tie for second all-time on the career saves list.

North Central travels to St. Louis on Tuesday, September 13 as they take on Webster University at 5:30 pm.