LATROBE, Pa. -- The Grove City College women's soccer team rallied from a 2-0 deficit Saturday afternoon to earn a 3-2 victory at Saint Vincent in Presidents' Athletic Conference action at UPMC Field. Grove City (9-6-1, 6-2-1 PAC) extended its win streak to seven matches.
Junior forward
Gianna D'Amato (Maywood, N.J./Hawthorne Christian) scored the game-winner for Grove City by registering an unassisted goal at 65:04.Â
The Wolverines' comeback began at 27:11 when junior midfielder
Megan Mathes (Charlottesville, Va./Albemarle) scored after receiving a feed from sophomore forward
Britta Lagerquist (Pittsburgh, Pa./Fox Chapel). Grove City then forged a 2-2 tie 9:46 into the second half when junior defender
Emily White (Fairview, Pa./Fairview) blasted a penalty kick into the goal for her first goal of 2022.Â
Defensively, Grove City allowed zero Saint Vincent shots in the second half.
Saint Vincent (6-6-3, 2-4-3 PAC) took a 1-0 lead at 5:23 when Breanna Mack scored from 30 yards out. Tanisha Grewal doubled the lead by scoring on a free kick at 24:20.
Overall, Grove City outshot Saint Vincent, 23-6, including a 13-5 edge in shots on goal. Grove City had seven corner kicks and did not permit an SVC corner kick. Sophomore goalkeeper
Courtney Lisman (Mars, Pa./Mars) made three saves to earn her ninth win of the season for the Wolverines.
Lagerquist leads Grove City with five assists and 23 points this season. D'Amato now shares the team lead with three game-winning goals this season. Junior midfielder
Anna Jenkins (Lynchburg, Va./Lynchburg) also has three game-winning goals. D'Amato has six goals this season, good for No. 2 on the squad. Mathes has scored in three of the Wolverines' last four matches.
Grove City will close the regular season Wednesday at 6 p.m. with a conference match at Washington & Jefferson.