Abby Collins' goal with 24 seconds left lifted the Chestnut Hill College Women's Soccer team to a 1-0 win over Holy Family University Sunday afternoon in the Central Atlantic Collegiate conference tournament Quarterfinals
The fifth-seeded Griffins advance to the conference semifinals for the second consecutive year and the third time in the past five seasons. They will travel to  face top seed Jefferson University (a 2-0 winner over Felician) on Wednesday, November 4 at 1:00 p.m. Â
The Griffins had controlled the tempo of play for much of the second half, pressing the Tigers and limiting their offensive penetration in the attack zone. The scoring play began when Luciana D'Andrea intercepted a header pass from the Tigers and bumped it forward off a defender to Kylie Weist. Weist found Collins running down the right side  towards the corner. The sophomore midfielder launched a shot towards the goal from about 25-30 yards out and it sailed past Tiger goalkeeper Jaina Pruehs and into the left corner of the net with just 24 seconds left on the clock for a 1-0 Griffins lead. The Tigers could not get the ball within 25 yards of the net in the final seconds or get a shot off as CHC's defense held firm.
Griffin goalkeeper Haley Esposito  along with the entire Chestnut Hill defensive backfield were again solid. Esposito recorded her season-record sixth complete game shutout, saving all four shots on goal thrown at her by the Tigers, while the defense stifled the Tiger attack for much of the entire game.
The Griffins themselves only put four shots on net against Pruehs, with Collins getting two of them, D'Andrea one and Gianna Kirlin the other. For the game the Griffins outshot the Tigers 9-8 overall and had two corner kicks to HFU's one.
 The women's soccer teams CACC Semi-Final will take place on Wednesday, November 4 at Thomas Jefferson University's Ravenhill field in East Falls.
