Comeback Falls Short for Women's Soccer in Regular Season Finale

BOSTON, Mass. – Despite two goals in the second half, the Wentworth women's soccer team couldn't complete the conference comeback and fell to Salve Regina 3-2 in the regular season finale at Reynolds Field.

SCORING

• Olivia Pickard – Salve Regina 1'
• Olivia Pickard – Salve Regina 5'
• Carah Cote (Olivia Pickard) – Salve Regina 16'
• Jess Poratti (Alexandria Rodriguez) – Wentworth 40'
• Molly Donahue – Wentworth 88'

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Wentworth outshot the hosts 32-10 in the match, but Salve keeper Jenna Park made 13 saves to keep the Leopards at bay.
• Salve's used a five-point spurt from Olivia Pickard to lead the Leopards 3-0 at halftime, including back-to-back goals within the first six minutes. Pickard assisted on Carah Cote's third goal of the game.
• The Leopards got on the board in the 40^th minute as Jess Poratti (Essex Junction, Vt.) finished off a feed from Alexandria Rodriguez (San Diego, Calif.), finally breaking Park for the 3-1 score. With just over a minute left in the game, Molly Donahue (Quincy, Mass.) brought the lead with a single goal in the Leopards' final offensive push.

GOALKEEPERS

• Park moves to 8-9 on the season saving 13 of WIT's 15 shots on net.
• Junior Allison Haynes (Shelton, Conn.) made one save in 90 minutes of action.

NOTEWORTHY

• With the result, the Leopards clinch the seventh seed for the CCC postseason tournament, and heads into its seventh straight playoff appearance.

NEXT

• The Leopards will travel to second-seeded Roger Williams on Saturday at 11:00 a.m.

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