Coming off a win over No. 2 Tampa on Friday, the Texas A&M University-Commerce women’s soccer team dropped a 3-2 overtime decision to regionally-ranked Barry.
The host Bucs (3-2), ranked No. 9 in the NCAA South Regional rankings, capitalized on a short-handed Lions squad to get the equalizer in the 79th minute and the gamewinner in the 95th minute for the victory.
A&M-Commerce (2-2) opened the game with five-straight shots until a crossing pass from sophomore Meagan Lasley got ahead of the Barry attack and found junior Melissa DoRemus for a header and Lions goal in the 22nd minute. It is the first goal of the season and the 17th of the career for DoRemus to move her into a tie for fifth place all-time in school history. Barry answered the Lions’ tally as Michelle Tarasiuk scored the first of her two goals on a 35-yard free kick in the 26th minute.
Lasley added her second goal of the season in the 54th minute when she greeted and beat the new Barry goalkeeper on a challenge for the go-ahead goal.
The Lions continued to challenge the opposition, but the Bucs got the equalizer when Elanna Brady lifted a corner kick into the box and Carley Radcliff headed home the goal to tie the contest at 2-2 in the 79th minute.
Towards the end of regulation, the Lions lost two players (three throughout game) due to yellow card accumulation to give Barry an 11-8 advantage in the final minutes and eventual overtime. Barry capitalized in the extra stanza, but the Lions did not go down easy. Sophomore goalkeeper Jennifer Alvarado made a save that led to a corner kick for the host Bucs. On the ensuing corner kick, Tarasiuk scored her second goal of the contest and the game-winning tally.
On Friday, for the second-straight year, the Texas A&M University-Commerce women’s soccer program has knocked off the No. 2 ranked team in the nation. The Lions posted a 3-2 victory over previously undefeated and second ranked Tampa on Friday afternoon in Miami, Florida.
A&M-Commerce got on the board first in the 41st minute on the first career goal by freshman Dana Deerinwater, who scored on a header via sophomore Lasley to put the Lions in front 1-0. In the second half, the Lions added to their lead on a Tamara Geels header from a corner kick by Megan Monroe to extend the A&M-Commerce lead to 2-0 in the 71st minute. It is the third assist of the season for Monroe.
Lacy Alexander scored her first goal of the season and the third goal in the upset.
In the last 10 minutes, both teams turned up the offensive pressure. Alvarado rose to the occasion making three saves in the final minutes. After giving up a goal to Tampa’s Shelby Kuni, A&M-Commerce sophomore Lacy Alexander scored her first goal of the season in the 87th minute, which also proved to be the game-winning tally. Alexander stole the ball from the Tampa goalkeeper and fired a shot outside the 18-yard line for the goal. Kuni added her second goal of the afternoon in the 89th minute for the final margin.
Also, in the win, Alvarado made a career-high eight saves on 25 shots for A&M-Commerce