River Forest, Ill. - The Scarlet Hawks women's soccer team made a late comeback attempt in their NACC Championship matchup with Dominican Saturday afternoon, but two early second half goals by the Stars proved too much to overcome, as Dominican held on to defeat the Hawks 2-1 to earn the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Division III women's soccer tournament. The Hawks finished the season 15-6-1. The Stars improved to 18-2-2. 

How It Happened

• The teams played to a scoreless first half, with the Stars outshooting the Hawks six to two, and the Hawks getting one shot on goal.
• A little over one minute into the second half, Dominican's Regan Coxon battled for a ball deep in the Hawk's zone and fed a rushing Hannah Anderson to her left, and Anderson beat goalkeeper Hailey Flannagan to put the Stars on top 1-0.
• At the 50:51 mark, Coxon headed in a free kick from Alexandria Canarelli to extend the Stars lead to 2-0.
• In the 71st minute, the Hawks responded. After Julia Taliana drew a foul, she lofted the ensuing free kick into box, where Kenzie Tokuchi headed the ball down, and Abigail Dudek was able to control and knock the ball into the right corner to cut their deficit to 2-1.
• The Hawks were able to get off three shots in the final minutes, but none on goal, and the Stars closed out the match for a 2-1 conference championship victory.
• Each team had four shots in the second half.

Scarlet Hawk Standouts

• Dudek with the goal and Tokuchi with the assist on the Hawks loan goal.
• Taliana drawing the foul that generated her free kick, leading to the Hawks goal.
• Hali Parker lead the team with two shots.

Inside the Box Score

• Dominican outshot the Hawks 10-6.
• The Stars had the advantage in corner kicks, 4-1.
• The Hawks incurred 17 fouls, while the Stars had 13.

Up Next

• The Scarlet Hawks closed out their 2021 season with the loss, making it to the conference championship game for the second time in three seasons played.