GREEN BAY, Wisc. - The No. 5 seeded IU Indianapolis women's soccer team captured a second straight road upset on Wednesday night (Nov. 11) to advance to Saturday's #HLWSOC Championship match at No. 1 Milwaukee. The Jaguars trailed 2-0 midway through the second half, but scored a pair of goals in less than three minutes before winning on a golden goal in the first overtime period.
Addison Stover,
Keilah Muldrow and
Maci Sammons provided scores with the latter earning the game-winner.
It marks the program's first appearance in the championship match since 2017 when they advanced to the NCAA Tournament after advancing past Milwaukee in penalties.
"I've been around this beautiful game for a long, long time and I can honestly say I've never been more proud of a team than this squad. People have no idea the struggles we've gone through - the injuries we've had - including today," head coach
Angela Berry White said. "To come in here and beat this team with its 14 wins, a team that hasn't lost at home all year and has only allowed 11 goals this season. To score three goals - to come back from 0-2 with just over 23 minutes left in our season."
The Jaguars were on the ropes against the Horizon League's stingiest defense when the Phoenix went in front 2-0 in the 67th minute on a Kendall Jackson score. However, the freshman combination of
Addison Stover and
Lauren Henry provided life in the 76th minute, cutting the lead in half. Henry raced to the endline to get on the end of a ball and whipped a cross through traffic to Stover at the far post, who bashed home her second score of the year.
Less than three minutes later, the speedy
Keilah Muldrow deposited her team-high ninth goal of the season to knot the score. Rookie
Madeline Chappa blasted a rocket off the crossbar, leaving Green Bay keeper Anna Scott sprawled out to try to make the stop. However, Muldrow raced in and slid a shot past the keeper for the equalizer.
In overtime, senior
Caroline Kelley sent a pass forward that got past a Green Bay defender to an open Sammons in space. Sammons rolled a shot under Scott her fourth tally of the season and a well earned celebration as the upstart Jaguars continue to spend all nine lives.
"No one expected to see us here," Sammons said. "We kept showing up on the field and for each other and got the dub."
Green Bay outshot the Jaguars 26-13, but sophomore goalkeeper
Isabel Oferosky chipped in seven saves to earn the win.
The Jaguars will take on top-seeded Milwaukee on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. CT (2 Eastern) on ESPN+ with the winner advancing to this year's NCAA Tournament. Milwaukee won the regular season meeting between the two sides, 3-2, in Indianapolis.
