The Dickinson women’s soccer team won a fierce battle against visiting McDaniel on Wednesday, October 25, overcoming injuries to earn a 3-2 victory at Miller Memorial Field.

The Green Terror got on the board first as Katie Clawson tallied the match’s first goal in the 17th minute. Ellie Harris ’21 answered for the Red Devils with just under 25 minutes left to play in the first half, finishing an assist from Alexandra Goldrich ’18 and Elizabeth Krause ’20.

Harris and Emma Moore ’20 set up Caitlin Fahr ‘21who scored to give Dickinson the lead with 15 minutes left in the first half.

Krause scored the Red Devils third goal of the match, which proved to be the game-winner, just two minutes out of halftime. Clawson put the ball in the Dickinson net in the 81st minute to cut the Red Devils’ lead to just one goal, but the defense held on to close out the game with a 3-2 win. Goalkeeper Mary Katherine Brosnan ’19 turned away 11 shots in the nets for the Red Devils.

McDaniel won the battle in shots (19-8) and corners (6-1) but couldn’t muster up enough to outscore Dickinson. The Green Terror fall to 11-4-1 overall and 5-3-1 in the Centennial Conference.

The Red Devils followed up their win over McDaniel with a heated match against Gettysburg for the final spot in the Centennial Conference playoffs. Dickinson would have earned a spot with a tie, which they almost achieved. They were just over 17 minutes away from a tie, which would have given them the spot, but Maddie Heaney scored in the 72nd minute, assisted by Samantha Esposito. The win gave the Bullets 18 points in the standings and the final spot.

The Red Devils had a great chance to score just before Heaney netted her goal, as Goldrich and Briona Davis ’20 drove the ball to the net, but Brittany Smith made the save for Gettysburg.

Gettysburg’s record moves to 9-6-2 overall and 6-4 in the Conference. The Red Devils finish their 2017 campaign 11-5-2 overall and 5-4-1 in the Conference.