DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Nov. 24, 2019) – Despite a goal from senior Natalia Elizarraras (Whittier, Calif./Los Altos), the No. 2 seeded Mercy College women's soccer team played to a 1-1 tie with No. 3 seeded Molloy College before falling, 3-1, in penalty kicks in an NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Championship Second Round matchup on Sunday afternoon at Mercy Field.

The Mavericks (13-3-4) see their season come to an end in the NCAA Tournament for the third straight year, while the Lions (15-4-3) advance to the Third Round for the first time.

Elizarraras scored her fourth goal of the season and junior Melissa Torres (La Mirada, Calif./La Mirada) had a game-high nine saves. Sophomore Anicia Reyes (San Diego, Calif./Santana) had a team-high four shots on goal.

Molloy was led by Lauren Marinello who scored a goal. Jackie Carty made seven saves in goal.

Torres made the game's first save in the 6th minute, but the Mavericks scored first in the 8th minute when Elizarraras scored off a corner kick to give Mercy an early 1-0 lead.

Junior Kaitlyn Denning (Peoria, Ariz./Mountain Ridge) came back with another shot on goal that was stopped by Carty in the 9th minute. Torres made two more saves in the opening half and a Dana Poetzsch shot hit the left post to keep the game at 1-0 heading into halftime.

Molloy wasted little time in getting on the board in the second half when Marinello found the back of the net in the 47th minute to tie the game up at 1-1.

Carty made five saves in the second half and Torres added two to send the game into overtime tied at 1-1-1.

The first overtime saw Molloy force Torres to make three saves but neither team was able to score sending the game into a second overtime.

The teams traded shots on goal in the second overtime but once again neither team could score so penalty kicks would be needed.

Poetzsch opened up the shootout with a make and sophomore Claudia McKail (Santa Clarita, Calif./Canyon) followed with a make to make it 1-1. After a miss from both teams, Lexi Verni found the back of the net for the Lions to bring the score to 2-1. After another Mercy miss, Sabrina Bell connected and gave Molloy a 3-1 lead. The Mavericks last attempt went wide sending the Lions to the Third Round.

Shots were tied at 20-20 with Molloy holding a 10-8 edge in shots on goal. Molloy also held a 10-5 edge in corner kicks.