Cougars Women's Soccer Overcomes Two-Goal Deficit, Lose Late Lead, Tie Mercyhurst on the Road

Box Score The Chicago State women's soccer team overcame a two-goal deficit to tie and eventually take the lead before Mercyhurst earned the equalizer in the 88th minute to come away with a 3-3 tie Thursday afternoon at Saxon Stadium in Erie, Pennsylvania.

After a scoreless first half where Cougars goal keeper Jay Arballo faced an onslaught of shots and made six saves to keep CSU in the contest, the Lakers scored two goals to start the second half, finding the back of the net at the 47:00-minute mark and in the 48th minute for a 2-0 lead. Less than two minutes later Jackie Tamayo got the Cougars on the board with an unassisted goal then Hannah Bennett scored the equalizer in the 66th minute on a penalty kick and the score was knotted at 2-2. Less than a minute later Delany Kenney took a pass from Tara Savage and converted her team-leading third goal of the season to give Chicago State their first lead with just over 23 minutes remaining to play. The Cougars held onto the advantage for over 21 minutes when Mercyhurst scored in the 88th minute for the eventual 3-3 tie.

With the tie, the Cougars move to 0-13-2 overall and 0-7-2 in the Northeast Conference while Mercyhurst is 3-10-4  overall and 2-3-3 in league play. 

The Cougars will be back in action Sunday, October 27, for the season finale at home against Delaware State at 3:30 p.m. at Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep in Chicago. There will be a pre-game ceremony at 3 p.m. to honor nine Chicago State seniors who will be playing their final game at CSU.

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