LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Ga. – The Brevard College women's soccer team (5-5-3, 3-1-1 USAS) battled it out through a 110-minute double-overtime draw against Covenant College (7-4-2, 3-0-1 USAS) on Saturday evening in Lookout Mountain, Georgia.
Graduate goalkeeper Rebeccah Rojas (4-4-3) made three saves in the shutout performance – the sixth total of her Fall 2021 campaign.
Senior forward Alyssa Hetherington led all Tornados, playing all 110 minutes while taking a team-high three shots – with two finding goal. Sophomore defender Autumn Wright also took a shot in the contest.
The Scots were able to fire 14 shots away, but only three attempts found the frame of goal. Covenant edged BC in corner kicks, 4-3.
Covenant was led by Kailey Burrell, who took four total shots, while Aiden Strawbridge and Rachel Wall each tallied three. Goalkeeper Lucy Sandhoff made a pair of saves in the shutout.
The Tornados managed a shot and two corner kicks in the first half before taking two total shots, both by Hetherington, in the second stanza. One of BC's closest opportunities came in the 75th minute, as a Hetherington header bound for goal was stopped by Sandhoff.
BC took a corner kick in the first overtime, but neither side was able to find the back of the nylon. The hosts took a pair of shots in the second overtime period before a Wright shot attempt went left of the goal, as both teams concluded the 110-minute draw.
The Tornados return to action on Wednesday, October 13 for a marquee matchup against Maryville College at 5 p.m. at Ives-Lemel Family Field. Brevard will then host Senior Day on Saturday, October 16 at 2 p.m. vs. Agnes Scott College.
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