TOP SEEDS ADVANCE IN CACC WOMEN'S SOCCER TOURNAMENT

NEW HAVEN, CT – The top four seeds of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Women’s Soccer Tournament all advanced to the semi-final round with victories in today’s quarter-finals. Top-seeded Philadelphia got past a tough No. 8 Dominican squad, 3-2, while No. 2 Georgian Court defeated No. 7 Post, 3-0. No. 3 Holy Family had little trouble with No. 6 Felician, 8-0, while No. 4 Caldwell squeaked past No. 5 Nyack on a goal in the 81st minute to earn a 1-0 triumph.

Philadelphia will face Caldwell in the first semi-final match on Wednesday at 12:00 pm at Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School, while Georgian Court will play defending tournament champion Holy Family at 2:30 pm.

Dominican jumped ahead of Philadelphia in today’s match with two goals from junior Margaret Porter in the first half as the Chargers went into halftime with a 2-1 lead. With a bid to the CACC semifinals on the line, the Lady Rams played with renewed intensity in the second half, getting a goal at 54:10 from senior Stephanie Filmyer off a corner kick from sophomore Sara Redka to tie it, 2-2. Senior Brianna Reinford chipped in the game-winner at 59:13 with the assist coming from the foot of junior Jill Sokolski.

Georgian Court got two goals from CACC Rookie of the Year Kelly Lyons in its 3-0 win over Post. She scored in the 50th and 62nd minutes and now has 22 goals this season. GCU outshot the Eagles, 15-5, including an 11-1 advantage in the second half. The Lions are now undefeated over their last 13 games (9-0-4).

Eleven different players registered at least point in Holy Family’s 8-0 win over Felician. The win avenged a 4-2 loss to the Golden Falcons on the same field on Oct. 11. Senior Jamie-Lynn Wallace scored two goals and one assist, freshman defender Lindsay Fisher added one goal and two assists, while junior midfielder Ashley Antczak dished out three assists. Holy Family out-shot Felician 35-11 in the contest.

Freshman forward Giana Scerbo scored the game's only goal in the 81st minute to push Caldwell into the semi-final round. Sophomore goalkeeper Lauren Hoenig recorded two saves for Caldwell for her fourth shutout of the season, while Nyack’s Whitney Shutt finished with three saves. The victory is the second CACC Tournament win for Caldwell in the 11-year history of the program.

Quarterfinal Round - Monday, Nov. 3

#1 Philadelphia 3, #8 Dominican 2

#2 Georgian Court 3, #7 Post 0

#3 Holy Family 8, #6 Felician 0

#4 Caldwell 1, #5 Nyack 0

Semifinal Round - at Plymouth Whitemarsh - Wednesday, Nov. 5

Philadelphia vs. Caldwell - 12:00

Georgian Court vs. Holy Family - 2:30 pm

Championship Game - at Plymouth Whitemarsh

Saturday, Nov. 8, 5:30 pm