Hiram 1, Franciscan 0

Franciscan Starters 
Tania Davidson, Casey Boin, Claire Dawyot, Emily Gerlach, Kaitrin O'Leary, Gabriella De La Torre, Angela Postage, Bella Rubino, Mary Roach, Mary Rooney & Goalkeeper -  Rebekka Dill

Hiram Starters
Jackson, Kazimo, Goldan, Ward, Galecki, Morris, Sandru, Harris, Carrico, Troyan & Goalkeeper - Huda

How It Happened 
The Lady Barons traveled to Hiram, Ohio for the second game of their season after a commanding victory on-the-road in Buffalo, NY against Medaille College. This was the third meeting between Franciscan and Hiram. Franciscan lost both prior matches 0-2. The Lady Barons were unable to pick up their first win against Hiram and fell 1-0 in overtime.

In the first half, the game was back-and-forth with no clear advantage, but the Lady Barons managed to have a slight advantage out shooting Hiram 4-3 on goal. Casey Boin had a great start to the afternoon with two shots on goal. However, each team's defense held and the score at halftime was 0-0.

The Barons spent much of the second half on the defensive end. Hiram's Harris continued her efforts from the first half, and pressured the Barons by adding two more shots on goal bringing her game total to three. Hiram out-shot the Barons 6-0 in the second half. Rebekka Dill had another great day recording 9 saves and not allowing a goal in regulation. This was another great performance from her after starting her collegiate career with a shutout earlier this week. Thanks to the defensive efforts, the Barons held Hiram to no goals and the game went to overtime 0-0.

Five minutes into overtime, Hiram's Pittman put the ball to the high left corner of the goal and grabbed the first goal of the game, and ending the game in overtime 1-0. 

Inside the Numbers  
-Mercedes Murray stood in goal for the overtime period seeing her first action this season.
-Today's overtime goal was the first goal Mercedes Murray has allowed in her career.
-Rebekka Dill played all 90 minutes of regulation and added a second no-goal effort to start her career.
-Casey Boin recorded two SOG, the first of her collegiate career.
-Gabriella De La Torre recorded a SOG tonight, that's two on the season and seven in her short two year career.

Who's Next? 
The Lady Barons have a week to rest before traveling to Bluffton, Ohio to face Bluffton University on September 12th. This will be their last road game before their home opener on the 15th. This will be their first time these two teams have squared off since 2007 in the Lady Barons first NCAA season. 

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