Storm strike in overtime, dampens Bison defensive effort

WASHINGTON, D.C. – For 95 minutes and 46 seconds Gallaudet University women's soccer goalie Kara Gulvas (Crown Point, Ind.) was perfect against Keuka College on Sunday afternoon at Hotchkiss Field in the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) showdown. It was the 47th second that got Gulvas and the Bison as Keuka's Courtney McLaughlin buried a loose rebound in front of the goal to give the Storm a 1-0 overtime victory.

Gulvas tied her season-high save total as she made 15 stops against the Storm. Keuka pelted the Bison goal in the second half as the Storm took 18 shots. Gulvas stopped 10 second half shots and has to thank her post for deflecting several other Keuka shots that were sent her way.

The Gallaudet defensive line in front of Gulvas that consists of junior Janaee Cobbs (Sacramento, Calif.), sophomore Connor Crawford (Palatka, Fla.), sophomore Janna DiBiase (Fishers, Ind.) and freshman Taryn Philippi (St. Cloud, Minn.) stayed strong throughout the entire game as the group hustled and tried to clear out the Storm offense.

Gallaudet was led on offense by sophomore Maddie Morgan (Hockessin, Del.) who took a team-high four shots. Sophomore Tiffany Narciso (North Wildwood, N.J.) added two shots, both on goal.

Keuka took 31 shots to Gallaudet's nine. McLaughlin took a game-high seven shots (four on goal) as she played the right wing position for the Storm. Keuka goalie Ashley Vail made five saves in the win.

This was the first NEAC weekend for the Bison as the conference requires teams to play on back-to-back days on the weekends.

GU is off until next weekend when the Bison hit the road for two conference games against SUNY Cobleskill (Saturday, October 2) and SUNYIT (Sunday, October 3).