Box Score

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The No. 24 Shippensburg University women's soccer team saw its historic 2013 season come to a close on Sunday afternoon as No. 12 Slippery Rock scored on a header off a free kick with 47.3 seconds left in the first overtime for a 2-1 win from a wet and windy Mihalik-Thompson Stadium in the NCAA Second Round/Atlantic Region Semifinals.

The regional No. 3-seed Raiders (12-6-3) made the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history and earned its first-ever postseason victory on Friday in a 1-0 win over Edinboro, but could not overcome brutal conditions and an opportunistic No. 2-seeded Rock (14-3-2) squad on Sunday.

Slippery Rock advances to play Atlantic Region top-seed California (Pa.) in the NCAA Third Round next Friday.

Facing a 1-0 deficit into the second half after an SRU goal just over 20 minutes into the game, the Raiders tied it up in the 61st minute when freshman Stephanie Allshouse sent in a shot from 20 yards out that Rock goalkeeper Dana O'Neill easily saved.

The All-PSAC First Teamer couldn't hold onto the ball in the wet conditions, however, as it rolled free for junior Kate Zech to rush in and bury the equalizer into the back of the net. Allshouse was credited with the assist.

Shippensburg managed just three shots against SRU as its lone corner of the game came with 30 seconds left in regulation. The Raiders could not convert, however, resulting in SU's ninth overtime game of the season and third of the postseason.

In the 100th minute, PSAC Defensive Player of the Year Lauren Impey – who scored the Rock's first goal on a line-drive free kick that snuck past diving senior goalkeeper Shelbie Rackley (two saves) just inside the near post – sent in a free kick from the right side that found the head of Sam Thornton for the game-winning goal.

SU set a single-season school record with 11 shutouts in 2013 while allowing 18 goals – just one more than the single-season school record. SU's 0.86 goals allowed per game also fell just short of the school single-season record of 0.85 goals allowed per contest in 2002.

The 12 wins are the third-most in a single-season in Raider history.