Last-Minute Goal Earns Women's Soccer Postseason Berth

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. - With the end of the season hanging in the balance, senior defender Elizabeth Garlock (Meriden, Conn.) got on the end of a pass from senior forward Maxine Muscatello (Berlin, Conn.) to score the game-winning goal with 49 seconds left to play to lift the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) women's soccer team to a dramatic victory, 2-1, over the visiting Elms College Blazers in a must-win regular-season finale for the Blue Jays on Wednesday afternoon at the USJ Soccer Field in West Hartford, Conn.

With the victory, the Blue Jays conclude the 2022 regular season 6-8-2 overall and 5-6-2 in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) play and earn their 22nd-consecutive berth to the GNAC postseason tournament. The Blue Jays will be the eighth seed in the tournament and travel on the road to top-seeded Johnson & Wales University on Saturday, October 29 for a GNAC quarterfinal match at 6:00 p.m. at the Scotts Miracle-Gro Athletics Complex in Providence, R.I.

GAME INFORMATION
Score: USJ 2, Elms 1
Records: USJ (6-8-2, 5-6-2 GNAC), Elms (5-7-5, 4-5-4 GNAC)
Location: USJ Soccer Field (West Hartford, Conn.)

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"What a way to close out the regular season with a buzzer-beating home-field win! The team put it all together today and I could not be more proud of them. Through the ups and the downs of the season, to earn a postseason bid showcases the heart on this team. Congratulations to Jenna Zup on a beautiful opening goal to get us started, and then to Elizabeth Garlock and Maxine Muscatello for an incredible connection to get us the game-winner," said head coach Jenna Kalwa.

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Women's soccer makes its 22nd-consecutive appearance in the GNAC postseason tournament and travels on the road to top-seeded Johnson & Wales University on Saturday, October 29 for a GNAC quarterfinal match at 6:00 p.m. at the Scotts Miracle-Gro Athletics Complex in Providence, R.I.