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Sophomore Leah Finkelman being aggressive with the ball on offense.
Don Felice
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Penn UPENN (0-2-1, 0-0-0)
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Northern Ariz. NAU (0-1-2, 0-0-0)
Penn UPENN
(0-2-1, 0-0-0)
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Final
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Northern Ariz. NAU
(0-1-2, 0-0-0)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Penn UPENN 0 1 1
Northern Ariz. NAU 0 1 1

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

Last-Gasp PK Gives Women's Soccer 1-1 Draw at Northern Arizona

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.- The University of Pennsylvania women's soccer team used a penalty kick from sophomore Leah Finkelman in the absolute dying seconds to earn a 1-1 draw at Northern Arizona on Thursday night at Lumberjack Stadium.

The Red and Blue are now 0-2-1 early in the season while the Lumberjacks stand at 0-1-2.

Quaker Notemeal
*Penn outshot NAU, 14-13, and forced the Lumberjacks keeper to make six saves on the night.

*The Quakers also held a 6-3 advantage in corner kicks.

*Five Quakers played the full 90 minutes on Thursday night: senior captains Maya Leschly and Kat Peroulas, junior Clare Robke, and freshmen Isabella Zulli and Eden Veenema.

*Freshman Mila Maltby made her first collegiate start after scoring in her first collegiate match, last Sunday at Drexel.

*Sophomore Mia Fuss put up a career-high six shots in the contest, with two of them being on target. Finkelman and freshman Lily White had two shots each with one being the PK goal from Finkelman.

*Magali Capdevila, Robke, Peroulas and Veenema provided one shot each in Thursday night's match.

*Junior goalkeeper Annabel Austen clocked a full 90 minutes in cage and stopped three shots.
 
How it Happened
In the first 20 minutes of the match the Quakers were active on offense. as Capdevila and Robke both put up shots. At the other end, Austen was alert, securing two of her three saves in the match. The defending duo of Leschly and Zulli were also playing a big part by deflecting shots and showing maximum effort for 90 minutes of play.

Fuss checked in and finished the first half with two shots. Peroulas and Finkelman also put up a shot each before closing the half.

With 12 minutes left on the clock, the Lumberjacks struck first with a goal by McKenzie Coleman from the right side of the pitch coming off an assist from Joey Lugan.

However, the Quakers were able to draw level in literally the final second of the match. Sophomore Abbey Cook made an aggressive move in the box as time was expiring and drew a foul that gave the Red and Blue a penalty kick. Finkelman took the pressure-packed spot kick and put it in at the bottom right for her first collegiate goal, securing the draw.

Up Next
Penn continues its road trip in Arizona at the Quakers travel to Tempe to face Arizona State on Sunday at 1 p.m. (4 p.m. Eastern).
 
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