Box Score Brookhaven, N.Y. – (10/2/2012) – Senior goalkeeper Jessica Veazey (Middletown, Del.) was there at the end of every Dowling College shot in regulation. She denied nine shots in each half, but Chestnut Hill College landed on the wrong side of a 2-1 overtime final as senior forward Kayla Mueger (Farmingdale, N.Y.) scored the Golden Lions game-winning-goal on a centering pass just 1:05 into the extra frame.
 
Dowling College (6-2-1) peppered Veazey for 90 minutes of regulation and only found success on a rebound in the 50^th minute. After a scoreless opening half, the Golden Lions continued to pressure the Chestnut Hill College (4-7) defense in the second half. At 49:03, a shot from sophomore forward Lindsey Thompson (Centereach, N.Y.) rebounded off Veazey to the finishing head of senior forward Kristy Vitale (Shirley, N.Y.), 1-0. Despite a 38-4 shot deficit, the Griffins managed to tie the affair in the 63^rd minute (62:30) when junior midfielder Carly DiGiovanni (Seaville, N.J.) scored off a corner kick scramble in front of the Golden Lion goal, 1-1. The score remained knotted until the end of regulation and overtime ensued. After taking 37 shots in regulation, it was the Golden Lions first of overtime that broke the Griffins back. It came at 91:05 as junior midfielder Alexandria Abruzzo (Mount Sinai, N.Y.) centered the ball to Mueger, who scored it to the right corner of the Griffin goal from eight yards out, 2-1.
 
Senior midfielder Gabrielle D'Aprile (Patchogue, N.Y.) led the Dowling Lions aggressive offense with nine shots. Fellow senior, forward Alexis Parrotta (Centereach, N.Y.) took seven shots. Sophomore goalkeeper Melissa Guglielmo (West Babylon, N.Y.) made one save in the winning effort (3-1-1).
 
DiGiovanni scored on her only shot, but it was senior forward Kaelyn Pizarro (Berlin, N.J.) who led the Griffin offense with two shots. Veazey totaled a career-high 18 saves, despite taking the loss (3-6).
 
The women's soccer team returns to their Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) on Saturday, October 6, when they host Felician College in a 2:00 p.m. contest at Victory Field #1.