TEANECK, N.J. (November 12, 2026) – The Stonehill College women's soccer team saw its season come to a close Thursday night, falling to FDU, 1-0, in overtime on the road in the NEC Semifinals.
Highlights
How it Happened
Stonehill and FDU battled through a scoreless opening 45 minutes in their NEC semifinal matchup. The first half featured three combined yellow cards, with two issued to the Knights and one to the Skyhawks. Sougaris came up clutch at the 15:20 mark, denying an FDU penalty kick attempt to keep the match scoreless.
Just four minutes later,
Casey Rice generated the Skyhawks' first shot on goal at the 19:19 mark, forcing FDU goalkeeper Rosemarie Leblanc to make a diving save.
In the 52nd minute,
Annie Renz sent a cross into the box, where
Katie Farr attempted to redirect the ball into the back of the net. However, Farr's attempt trickled just wide of the FDU goal, keeping the match scoreless early in the second half.
Following another back-and-forth 30 minutes of action,
Erin Foley sent a pass upfield to Renz, who fired a shot toward the Knights' goal in search of the late go-ahead score in the 83rd minute. However, Leblanc came up with another diving save to deny the Milton, Mass., native and keep the match deadlocked at 0-0.
After 90 minutes were not enough to determine a winner, the contest headed into overtime. Just over six minutes into the extra period, at the 96:03 mark, Marina Burzaco buried a header off an assist from Elena Cvetkovic to secure the 1-0 overtime victory and send the Knights to Sunday's NEC Championship game.
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