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UCSB Extends 6th Ranked Santa Clara to Double Overtime

Box Score

May. 9, 2014

Virginia Beach, VA - Santa Clara prevailed 12-11 over UCSB in double overtime in a placement game at the WCLA National Championship Tournament at the Princess Anne Athletic Complex. The Gauchos and the Broncos traded leads all game in mostly even play that kept spectators on the edge of their seats every minute of both halves and two overtimes. The score was 5-5 at halftime. Santa Clara took a slight lead early in the second half and UCSB fought back to tie it and eventually lead 9-8. The Broncos took an 11-10 lead with less than four minutes remaining only to see senior Blair Evans (Salinas, CA) score unassisted to tie it up with just over a minute left in regulation. 

Through a full six minute overtime neither team could score thanks to four saves by UCSB senior goalie Megan Hughes (Santa Ana, CA) and one save by Santa Clara freshman goalie Margaret Von Massenhausen (Willow Glen, CA). Santa Clara outshot UCSB 7-3 through both overtimes but Hughes' timely saves got UCSB to the second overtime. The Broncos won the draw to start the second overtime period and scored on a free position shot after 8 minutes and 37 seconds of the extra time. 

Evans finished with 4 goals and 1 assist followed closely by sophomore Amanda Shoemaker (Poway, CA) with four goals and junior Lindsay Alex (Santa Ana, CA) with 1 goal and 3 assists. The second assist in the game for Alex was her 50th of the season and she broke fifty on her next assist, which was a nice pass to Shoemaker that put UCSB up 10-9 in the second half. It is Alex's third consecutive season with 50 or more assists and she is the UCSB all-time assist leader with 187 in three seasons. Hughes had 17 saves for 58.6%. Junior Dana Kilsby (Lake Osego, OR) and sophomore Brooke Betts (Livermore, CA) each had 3 goals and 1 assist for the Broncos. Kilsby's third goal was the game winner.

UCSB faces Michigan in the WCLA Tournament 7th Place Game on Saturday at 10:30am. In other games played Friday the club from Boston College continued their upset ways. The 15th seeded Eagles followed up their 18-16 upset of 2nd seeded Florida and 12-11 upset of 10th seeded UCSB with a solid 13-9 upset of 3rd seeded Ohio State. Boston College will face Pittsburgh in the WCLA Championship Game at 2:30pm on Saturday. The Panthers won 11-7 over UCLA in the other semifinal.