St. Bonifacius, Minn. - Polars women's soccer competed for the NCCAA DII North Region Championship Wednesday night against Providence University College and fell in penalty kicks.
Neither team was able to put any goals up on the board, but Providence out shot the Polars 7-3 in the first half.
Rachel Fuller tallied four saves in the first half. Crown scored the first goal of the match off an
Ashley Pierce penalty kick in the 54th minute of competition. Crown was able to hang on to the one-point lead until the 83rd minute of the match when the Pilots sent one in off a corner kick. The score remained 1-1 until the end of regulation, sending the game into overtime.
After two scoreless ten-minute overtime periods, the game was sent to penalty kicks. Both the Polars and the Pilots scored on their first kick attempts. In the second set of kicks Crown missed while the Pilots scored giving Providence the 2-1 advantage. The Polars connected on their next kick and a miss from the Pilots evened the score back at 2-2.
Both Crown and Providence both sunk their fourth kicks, so it all came down to the fifth kick of the shootout. After a Crown miss, Providence was able to connect on their shot, giving the Pilots the win off penalty kicks.
With this heartbreaking loss the Polars season comes to a close after a third straight UMAC postseason appearance.
