HARRISONBURG,
Va., Oct. 4, 2012 -- Junior Lauren Wilson (Coatesville,
Pa./Downingtown) scored the game's only goal in overtime to lift James Madison (4-9-0, 2-3-0) to a 1-0 double-overtime win over George Mason (5-8-1, 1-3-1) in Colonial
Athletic Association women's soccer Thursday evening at University Park.
Senior Katie Menzie (Chantilly, Va./Chantilly)
set up the winning score, which came 3:57 into the second 10-minute
sudden-victory overtime period. Menzie
controlled a ball in midfield and sent a pass ahead to Wilson. Wilson sprinted past a couple of defenders into the right side of the box and one-touched the ball, sending a low shot from 16 yards out into the left
corner of the goal.
Dukes sophomore goalkeeper Marlee
Stynchula (Fairfax, Va./W.T. Woodson), in her first start of the season,
made a career-high eight saves to earn her first career shutout.
Quotes from JMU Coach David Lombardo
"(We had) a lot of
courage, particularly in the overtime period.
The kids fought hard. Katie
Menzie, who has a broken nose, had gotten it hit four or five times throughout
the course of the game. She had to come
out and (she) came back and battled through it."
Game Statistics Summary:
Shots: JMU 9, George Mason 12
Saves: JMU, Marlee Stynchula 8 (103:57); George
Mason, Lyndse Hokanson 1 (103:57)
Corner kicks: JMU 7, George Mason 6
Scoring:
JMU - Lauren Wilson (Katie Menzie), 103:57
Game Highlights
First Half:
* JMU - Sophomore Shannon Rano (Branchburg, N.J./Immaculata)
sends a ball from the left side to the right side of the box. Redshirt freshman Madyson Brown (Herndon, Va./Chantilly) has a shot from four yards
but hits the right post, 43:13.
Second Half:
* Mason - Senior Tiana
Kallenberger (Irvine, Calif./University) sends a low shot from 16 yards from the
left corner of the box to the left post, where Stynchula makes a stop, 46:37.
* JMU - Sophomore defender Shannon
Rano (Branchburg, N.J./Immaculata) clears a dangerous ball in the box
before Mason can get a shot off, 68:00.
* Mason - Sophomore Kelly Pizzingrilli (Mechanicsburg,
Pa./Cumberland Valley) has a breakaway on the right side of the box but her
shot is wide left of the goal, 70:48.
* Mason - Kallenberger lofts a shot from outside the 18, but Stynchula makes
the save, 85:27.
Overtime #1:
* Mason - Pizzingrilli
has the ball on a
breakaway, but JMU senior defender Amalya Clayton (Springfield, Va./West
Springfield) clears the ball away, 98:50.
Overtime #2:
* Mason - Sophomore Liz Hodges (Lorton, Va./South County ) takes a high shot from
outside of the box. Stynchula leaps to
make the catch to prevent a score, 101:35.
* JMU - Katie Menzie controls a ball
near midfield and sends a pass down the right side of the field to Lauren Wilson. Wilson sprints past her defender into the box
and hits a 15-yard shot to the far corner of the goal, 103:57.
Of Note
* The win ended JMU's
losing streak at three games.
* Lauren Wilson scored her 20th career goal and took sole possession of 13th
place on JMU's all-time list.
* JMU leads the all-time series with George Mason 15-8-4.
* The Dukes' next game is at Towson on Oct. 7 (1 p.m.).
