Women’s Soccer Falls in OT 4-3 to New Haven

NEW HAVEN, CT – The Merrimack women’s soccer team came back from a two-goal and one-goal deficit, but Selina Moylan scored in overtime to give New Haven the 4-3 victory Tuesday afternoon.

The loss snaps a two-game winning streak for Merrimack, who entered the game ranked eighth in the east region. The Chargers are ranked ninth.

New Haven started quickly as Holly Dawson scored twice in 2:21 to give the Chargers the 2-0 lead just 13:14 into the match.

Brittany Gustafson (East Hampton, CT) cut the hosts’ lead in half as she tallied her second of the year with Gabrielle Gramprey (Brockton, MA) picking up the assist. Just 2:07 into the second half, Jackie Vickers (Norwell, MA) tied it with her first of the season as she fired one into the net from 15 yards out to even the score at two. Lindsey deMont (Littleton, MA) earned the assist as she threw the ball in to ignite the goal.

The Chargers thought they had the match won as Moylan notched her team-best ninth of the year at 78:29 on a rebound in the box, but Melissa Garabedian (Salem, MA) responded 1:17 later, taking a pass from Gramprey and firing a shot past UNH goaltender Kim Taylor to retie the score from 15 yards out on the right side. It was Garabedian’s first collegiate goal.

In the extra frame, Shannon Rowan (Fair Haven, NJ) stopped Moylan early on, but the Chargers’ leading scorer got the last laugh as she cut left past the Merrimack defender and shot it high over Rowan for the winner.

Merrimack (4-2-2, 2-2-1 NE-10) hosts Saint Rose on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. The Golden Knights eliminated the Warriors in the second round of the NCAA Tournament last season.