By: Marie-Line Petit
Box Score Burnaby, BC - It was a battle from start to finish at Terry Fox Field as the Simon Fraser University women's soccer team fell to the Central Washington University Wildcats 3-2 on Thursday night.
The Wildcats opened the scoring with a goal from Lauren Duty and made it 1-0 in the 40th minute.
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Jessica Marano (Burnaby, BC) answered back for the Clan, scoring her first goal of the season off a corner kick by Karm Jawhanda (Delta, BC) in the 42nd minute to tie the score ahead of halftime.
In the second half, Central Washington took ta 2-1 lead early on with a goal from Hadli Farrand in the 56th minute on a breakaway goal.
Once again the Clan answered, this time with Jessica Hadden (Cloverdale, BC) scoring in the 66th minute to tie the game.
Sophie D'Souza (Vancouver, BC) got the assist.
Hadden's hard work was rewarded on the goal as she sped trough the defensive line and layed the ball in behind CWU's goalkeeper.
"We wanted to prove to ourselves that we can play and compete at their level," said Hadden. "We did a good job of pushing through and keeping a good energy the whole game."
With the game looking like it may be headed for overtime, the Wildcats added one more goal, in the 75th minute from Savanna Moorehouse.
This time, the Clan could not answer as they had twice earlier in the game. With the loss, the Clan's record moves to 0-3-2 in Great Northwest Athletic Conference play and 0-5-2 overall.
The women's soccer team will be back in action on Saturday at Terry Fox Field when they host the Seattle Pacific University Falcons at 1:00 p.m.
