HFU & UB Advance to WSOC Championship Final
2023 CACC WOMEN'S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (November 10, 2023) -- Fourth-seeded Holy Family University and seventh-seeded University of Bridgeport on Friday were able to advance to Sunday's championship final of the 2023 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Women's Soccer Championship at Knights Field in Bridgeport, Conn.
HFU played top-seeded Thomas Jefferson to a 3-3 draw, but advanced via penalty kicks by a 4-3 margin to reach Sunday's final. UB defeated sixth-seeded Georgian Court University, 6-0, in the semifinal tilt to reach the CACC final for the second-straight season. Holy Family and Bridgeport will square off in the championship final on Sunday at 11 a.m., at Knights Field. The winner will earn the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division II East Region Tournament next weekend at a site to be determined.
Alyssa Hooten scored the tying goal in the second overtime to knot the score at 3-3, and then scored on a PK in the shootout to help spark the Tigers to advancing past the rival Rams. Kate Thill and Tatianna Lizarraga each scored a pair of markers for the Knights in their win over GCU.