CALDWELL, N.J. - Sarah Byers' goal in the 97th minute gave Post University a 3-2 overtime victory over Caldwell College in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference women's soccer match Thursday afternoon at Caldwell Field. With the loss, the Cougars fall to 4-12 overall and 4-5 in the conference, while the Eagles improve to 4-11-1 on the season, including a 4-4-1 mark in the CACC.

Six minutes and 45 seconds into the first overtime period, a cross off a corner kick bounced through the penalty area off several players before finding Byers in front of the Caldwell goal. Her shot into an open goal ended the game in favor of the visiting Eagles, who trailed for most of the contest.

The Cougars opened the scoring in the 23rd minute, when junior midfielder Samantha Rinks (Corinth, TX/Billy Ryan) collected a long throw-in from freshman defender Morgan Frankenfield (Coplay, PA/Whitehall Coplay) and blasted a shot into the net for her first goal of the season. Then in the 43rd minute, a cross from Frankenfield slipped through the hands of Post goalkeeper Morgan Luschenat to junior midfielder Kristee Paknis (Whiting, NJ/Manchester), who scored her team-leading seventh goal of the year for a 2-0 lead. Susan Curran finished a pass from Rachel Shivers in the 60th minute to cut the lead to 2-1. Six minutes later, Caldwell was called for a handball in its own penalty area. Maria Krug converted the ensuing penalty kick to tie the game at 2-2.

Freshman goalkeeper Lauren Hoenig (Howell, NJ/Howell) made two saves for Caldwell, while Post's Luschenat stopped two shots in the first half and Stephanie Goss recorded one save in 52 minutes of action. The Cougars led in shots, 12-7 and corner kicks, 6-1.

Next up for Caldwell is a CACC game with Holy Family University on Saturday, Oct. 20. The game is set to start at 12:00 p.m. at Caldwell Field.
 

PU - 0 2 1 - 3

CC - 2 0 0 - 2

Scoring Summary: 1. CC - Samantha Rinks 1 (Morgan Frankenfield), 22:46. 2. CC - Kristee Paknis 7 (Frankenfield), 42:29. 3. PU - Susan Curran 5 (Rachel Shivers), 59:09. 4. PU - Maria Krug 2 (penalty kick), 65:13. 5. PU - Sarah Byers 1 (unassisted), 96:45.

Shots: CC - 12; PU - 7

Saves: CC - Lauren Hoenig 2; PU- Morgan Luschenat (45:00) 2; Stephanie Goss (51:45) 1; Team 1

Corners: CC - 6; PU- 1

Fouls: CC - 9; PU- 5

Offsides: CC - 0; PU- 3

Cautions: none