St. Louis, Mo. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse soccer team fell 5-4 in a shootout at Washington University in St. Louis (Mo.) Saturday afternoon at Francis Olympic Field in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Quarterfinals. The game ended in a 4-4 double overtime tie forcing the shootout. 
 

THE BASICS 
Final Score: UW-La Crosse 4, Washington University in St. Louis (Mo.) 4. Shootout 5-4 WashU
Record and Rankings: #2 WashU (17-1-3), #11UWL (19-1-2)
Location: Francis Olympic Field, St. Louis, Mo. (Campus of Washington University in St. Louis)

HOW DID IT HAPPEN

• Eagles took 1-0 lead in the 19th minute on an unassisted goal by Maggie Hernandez.
• WashU would tie the game at 1 on a goal by Grace Ehlert and an assist from Kate Flynn in the 29th minute. 
• Ehlert would give the Bears a 2-1 lead in the 78th minute on an assist from Jessica Greven.
• UWL then evened the score at 2 in the 82nd minute on an Ellie Behnke goal.  Chelsea Gale assisted on the goal. 
• In the first overtime, WashU took a 3-2 lead on a goal from Julia Moore in the 92nd minute. 
• Sera Speltz would tie it up for the Eagles with a goal on an assist by Hernandez in the 94th minute. 
• UWL then took a 4-3 lead when Gale scored on Hernandez's second assist of the game. 
• The score would remain 4-3 until the final minute of the second overtime. Moore scored her second goal of the game to tie it at 4.

SHOOTOUT RESULTS

• UWL would connect on four of the five penalty kicks. Making penalty kicks for the Eagles included Speltz, Claire Cater, Sydney Halsted and Jenna Nichols. 
• WashU succeeded on all five penalty kicks. Scoring for the Bears was Greven, Ehlert, Anna Viscovich, Meryl McKenna and Ally Hackett. 

FROM THE BOXSCORE

• WashU finished the game with a 16-9 advantage including 10 on goal while UWL had six on goal.
• Gale led the Eagles with three shots (two on goal) while Behnke and Speltz each had two.
• Ehlert led the Bears with five shots (four on goal) while Moore finished with two shots (both on goal). 
• The Bears finished with two corner kicks while the Eagles had one. 
• Sophia Anger finished with six saves for the Eagles while Sidney Connor recorded two saves.