Notre Dame Downs St. John's In Overtime, 2-1, To Advance To The BIG EAST Championship

Notre Dame Downs St. John's In Overtime, 2-1, To Advance To The BIG EAST Championship Jessica Schuveiller's game-winning goal sends the Irish to their sixth consecutive BIG EAST title game.

Jessica Schuveiller netted the golden goal versus St. John's to send the Irish to the BIG EAST title game.

Nov. 6, 2009

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STORRS, Conn. - The No. 4/7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team advanced to the BIG EAST championship match with a 2-1 overtime win over St. John's Friday Night at Morrone Stadium on the strength of a Jessica Schuveiller(Plano, Texas/Plano West) golden goal scored with just over a minute remaining in the first overtime stanza.

For the game winner, Schuveiller rose above the St. John's defense to head home a Rose Augustin (Silver Lake, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit) corner kick after making a run through the center of the Red Storm box. It marked Schuveiller's second goal of the year and third of her Irish career. All three goals have proved to be game winners.

Lauren Fowlkes (Lee's Summit, Mo./St. Teresa's Acad.) scored early in the first half to give the Irish a 1-0 lead, with the assist also going to Augustin, but the Red Storm answered with a second half goal to send the game into overtime. With the win, the Irish advance to the BIG EAST Championship game for the sixth consecutive year where they will face Marquette, who will be making its first ever appearance in the BIG EAST title match.

Junior goalkeeper Nikki Weiss (Redding, Conn./Immaculate) earned the win in the Irish net, her eighth win of the year. Notre Dame dominated statistically all night, ending with a 26-5 advantage in shots, a 9-1 advantage in shots on net and a 4-2 advantage in corner kicks but were stymied in part due to the play of Red Storm goalkeeper Kristin Russell, who finished with seven saves.

"I thought we played really well," said Irish head coach Randy Waldrum. "It was a game we could have won by four or five if we had broken through and gotten that second goal. Defensively I thought we were really good tonight and on offense we just have to take advantage of the opportunities we have. As we go deeper into this, be it the BIG EAST or the NCAA's, we just have to be more efficient with our chances."