Women's Soccer


Delaware Valley College 1, Manhattanville College 1 (2 OT)
Aggies Clinch Fourth And Final Freedom Conference Playoff Spot

DOYLESTOWN (PA) - The Delaware Valley College women's soccer team clinched a Freedom Conference playoff berth for the second time in the last three years as the Aggies earned a 1-1, double-overtime tie with first-place Manhattanville College.

Delaware Valley wrapped up the regular season with a 7-9-3 overall record and a 1-3-2 mark in the conference. The team finished tied with 2-4 DeSales and 2-4 FDU-Florham and those three squads split the games played between them. The next tiebreaker is how a tied team fared with the other squads in the conference going from top to bottom. Delaware Valley gets the nod because of the tie with Manhattanville and both DeSales and FDU-Florham losing to the Valiants (5-11-3, 5-0-1).

As a result, the Aggies and Manhattanville will meet again, this time in Purchase, New York for the Freedom Conference semifinals on Tuesday, October 30 (game time TBA). The other playoff match-up will feature No. 2 Arcadia University hosting third-seeded Wilkes University. Delaware Valley went 0-1-2 in the regular season against the playoff teams with 1-1 ties against Arcadia and Manhattanville and a 2-1 loss to Wilkes.

Delaware Valley took a 1-0 lead with 23:27 remaining in the first half as Elise Dauber went through a pair of defender and deposited her 16th goal of the season. Lisa Rill tied the contest with 9:38 to go before intermission as her shot sailed into the top portion of the net for her second tally of the year. The two teams then played scoreless ball the rest of the way, including a pair of 10-minute overtimes.

The Valiants held a 16-10 advantage in shots. Cortney Bower stopped 11 shots for the Aggies while Ali Bromson had four saves at the other end.