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University of Nebraska - Kearney Athletics

Cammie Davis
Corbey R. Dorsey
0
Neb.-Kearney UNK (2-8-7, 1-4-5)
1
Winner Fort Hays St. FHSU (9-4-2, 5-2-2)
Neb.-Kearney UNK
(2-8-7, 1-4-5)
0
Final
1
Fort Hays St. FHSU
(9-4-2, 5-2-2)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Neb.-Kearney UNK 0 0 0
Fort Hays St. FHSU 0 1 1

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

Last Second PK Lifts Tigers to Victory

Kearney, Neb. – Junior forward Darby Hirsch converted a penalty kick with 12 seconds remaining to help Fort Hays State beat Nebraska-Kearney, 1-0, Friday night in Kansas.

The Tigers improve to 9-4-2 (5-2-2; 17 league points) while the Lopers fall to 2-8-7 (1-4-5; 8 league points). UNK still has a chance to make the eight-team MIAA Tournament but it'll need a win, good for three league points, Sunday at Emporia State (11-4-2) and see both Rogers State and Washburn not win. RSU and WU are currently at 10 points.

In a game with 25 shots and two corners, it appeared UNK was headed for another overtime period. However the Tigers were in Loper territory with the clock winding down. Kearney headed out a ball near the 18-yard box line but it went right to a Tiger who used her left foot to loft a ball past a line of teammates and Kearney defenders.

Sophomore forward Cailey Perkins was the first player near the ball and was running toward the Kearney goal. Loper senior keeper Allie Prososki (Kearney Catholic) came out near the 6-yard box line to try and grab the ball but Perkins fell after colliding with freshman Raegan Downham. A PK was awarded and Hirsch, now with five goals on the year, used her left foot to go upper 90 and to the left.  

Just before the game-winning goal, Prososki made a save at 87:37 with the Loper defense saving a shot about a minute earlier. Downham (Cheyenne, Wyo.) had UNK's last shot, a ball that was stopped by Tiger keeper Megan Kneefel at 84:23.

Hays out shot UNK by a 14-11 margin and had both corners in the contest. Omaha senior Megan Merkel paced the Lopers in shots with three while freshman Cammie Davis (Wichita, Kan.) had two shots on goal. Finally Prososki made eight saves with Kneefel at five.
 
 
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