From Jamestown Athletics
JAMESTOWN, ND. (jimmiepride.com) – Eve Hoppe (SO/Temecula, Calif.)’s 81st-minute strike broke a 2-2 tie and the 22nd-ranked University of Jamestown women’s soccer team advanced to the semifinals of the GPAC postseason tournament with a 3-2 win over Dordt (Iowa) University Thursday night.
Top-seeded Jamestown (17-0-1) will host fifth-seed Morningside (Iowa) University, which upset fourth-seed Midland (Neb.) 3-0, in the semifinals. That match is Tuesday at 6 p.m. from the Jimmie Turf Field. The other semifinal matchup has third-seed Hastings (Neb.) at second-seed Briar Cliff (Iowa) Tuesday at 2 p.m.
The Jimmies scored the first goal of the match as Miarosa Gyllenswan (FR/Menifee, Calif.) received a Kamryn Fiscus (JR/Yakima, Wash.) pass inside the 18-yard box, and despite being on the outer side of the goalpost, fired off a left-footed shot that got over the outstretched arms of Dordt keeper Jenna Wright and found the top left corner of the goal.
After allowing six shots on target and another to hit the crossbar inside the first 24 minutes, the Defenders started to gain some offensive momentum just after 30 minutes in. A shot by Sydney Hooyer went wide, and another shot by Hannah Glynn was high, but the third time was the charm, as Sarah Miller stepped in front of a Jimmie pass from the backline and unleashed a right-footed strike from 30 yards out. The ball rocketed into the left corner of the net as Jimmie keeper Alex Nowka (JR/Anchorage, Alaska) had no chance.
It appeared as if the match would head to the break tied at one, but inside of ten seconds Jamestown escaped with possession from a scrum 15 yards from goal. Chole Andrews tapped the ball over to Briana Perry (SR/Las Vegas, Nev.). Perry’s shot had just enough lift and carry to sail beyond Wright into the the back of the net wtih three seconds left in the half.
Dordt only needed nine minutes and nine seconds to get the equalizer in the second half. Katherine Kooiman delivered a sublime through ball to Claire Jansen on the left side of goal. Jansen had the angle on Nowka and delivered a shot to the opposite side of the keeper that hit nothing but net.
Nowka made one more save on Jansen in the 59th minute, then the Jimmie offense took charge. A pair of shots went high over the crossbar, then Gyllenswan had an attempt denied by Wright.
In the 81st minute, Hoppe stepped in front of a Dordt pass forty yards from goal, then dribbled between two Defenders to get 15 yards from goal. Her shot had plenty of height to get above a diving Wright and put the Jimmies in front.
UJ won a pair of corner kicks and had another shot on goal in the final five minutes. Shots ended 19-7 in favor of Jamestown, as did shots on goal (11-4).