VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – The Shenandoah University women's soccer team saw its ODAC Tournament run come to an end Wednesday afternoon with a 2-1 loss to Virginia Wesleyan in the ODAC Tournament quarterfinals.
 
Sixth-seeded Shenandoah (11-8) scored the first goal of the game, but saw VWU (12-3-3) score a pair of second half goals to advance.

IN BRIEF

The Marlins scored the game-winner with 70 seconds remaining. Awarded a corner following an outstanding save by SU keeper Emilie Smith, MacKenzie Smith served a perfect ball into the middle of the Hornets box where Allie Angell was able to head the ball past Smith.
 
Smith had no chance on the shot as Angell ran onto the ball right on the doorstep.
 
Senior Alison Spaziani gave the visitors the early lead with her unassisted tally 13:11 into the contest. Spaziani gathered a loose ball just outside the box and beat Marlins keeper Amruta Karkare to the far post.
 
VWU brought the game back to level 4:29 into the second half on a through pass to Mia Meinhardt.
 
Shenandoah, which had four of its seven shots in the second half, had its best second half scoring opportunity in the 52^nd minute when Karkare stopped Abby Alexa from right in front.

QUOTABLE 

"It was a tough loss this afternoon," head coach Liz Pike said. "We fought hard but ran out of gas at the end. It is never easy conceding in last minute of a game and hopefully can learn from this. Overall, we had a good season."
 

WHAT'S NEXT?

Wednesday's loss ends the Hornets regular season. The squad will now wait on a possible bid to the ECAC Tournament.
 
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