CACC Semifinal: Indigo Kirk’s Overtime Goal Lifts Wilmington to CACC Championship Game in 2-1 Win Over Jefferson

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The Wilmington University women’s soccer team is heading to the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Tournament Championship game after defeating the #1-seeded and tenth nationally ranked Jefferson Rams on Tuesday, 2-1. This will be WilmU’s first appearance in the CACC Championship game since 2021 and their fourth overall in their history.

The Wildcats took down a team that was rolling, as Jefferson held a 15-game unbeaten streak heading into the Semifinal game.

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Wilmington trails by one at the end of the first half.

Jefferson would strike first in this CACC semifinal, as Mia Ferrara found the net at the 23:37 mark in the opening period to give her team a 1-0 lead.

The Wildcats tie it up in the second half and force overtime.

WilmU was silent on the scoreboard for a long time in this match, but junior defender Sophia Filipowski broke that streak by finding the back of the net at the 81:34 minute mark to tie the game at one and eventually forcing the game to overtime.

WilmU takes home a 2-1 win in overtime!

Ninety minutes wasn’t enough time to find out who would clinch their ticket to the CACC Championship, and it almost took all five minutes in overtime to find a winner.

At the 94:47 minute mark in the OT period, a winner would be crowned as the Wildcats’ freshman defender, Indigo Kirk, was able to sneak the ball over the goalkeeper and under the crossbar, sealing a 2-1 win for WilmU and sending them to the Championship. Freshman forward Eboni Bradshaw and freshman midfielder Anneli Donath assisted on the score.

Stats and standouts:

The standouts in the game for the Wildcats were  Eboni Bradshaw, Sophia Filipowski, Indigo Kirk, Anneli Donath, and junior goalkeeper Arianna Myers.

Bradshaw had four shots, two shots at the goal, and one assist in the win.

Filipowski had one shot, one shot at the goal, and scored one goal in the victory.

Kirk had one shot, one shot at the goal, and scored one goal in the match.

Donath had one assist in the game.

Myers allowed one goal and had five saves in 94 minutes and 47 seconds in the game.

Team Stats:

Shots:Jeff:11WU:11

Saves:Jeff:5 WU:5

Corner Kicks:Jeff: 2WU:2

Fouls: Jeff:9WU:15