LAMONI, Iowa – Graceland University broke a 2-2 draw during the 76th minute on Tuesday night to hand (4) Benedictine Women's Soccer its second loss in Heart play, 3-2.
Benedictine struck first, scoring during the 7th minute of the match. Payton Vogelbacher scored the first of her two unassisted goals to give the Ravens an early lead.
Graceland tied the match during the 16th minute and the two teams played through the rest of the half tied at 1-1.
Vogelbacher hit her second goal during the 58th minute to give the Ravens back the lead, only for Graceland to answer just over 5 minutes later to tie the game back up.
Benedictine narrowly missed hitting their own equalizer on a free kick from Maura Maher during the 78th minute, off a header from Eva Andrews during the 82nd minute and then Isabel Agudelo missed the final shot of the match just over the cross bar with 26 seconds remaining in the match.
Jenna Wilken and Brynn Carroll joined Vogelbacher and Agudelo with two shots each as the Ravens finished with 15 total shots – seven on goal.
Emma Smith finished with 9 saves over 90 minutes in goal, as she allowed 3 goals in the loss.
Benedictine returns home on for a 5 p.m. match on Friday to kick off five home events as part of the annual Homecoming Weekend.
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