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Burlington, Vt. – Sophomore Aaliyah Ingram tallied her second game-winning goal of the season four minutes into extra time to lift the University of Hartford women's soccer team to a 2-1 victory over the Vermont Catamounts on the final day of the regular season. Just minutes after the Hawks defeated Vermont, the Binghamton Bearcats scored a second OT goal to knock off UMBC in Baltimore giving Hartford the outright America East regular season championship, the first since 2006.

Ingram's game-winning score is her second goal of the season, both of which have been game winners. Junior Elise Galipo picked up a point on the play when she provided a pass across the box to Ingram with Chanel Johnson and Kristen McAdams providing key passes earlier in the play. Johnson started it off with a slide tackle that pushed a shot pass back to McAdams who provided a forward pass to Galipo.

Galipo would also score in the contest, putting the first notch on the scoreboard nearly eight minutes into the second half, working with McAdams for the goal. McAdams gathered an errant pass from the Vermont defense and pushed a pass up the middle to Galipo who worked forward through the defense and drilled a shot 15-yards out form the middle of the box that found the back of the net on the left side.

Hartford will enter the America East Championship as the top seed and receive a bye through the opening round on Thursday. The Hawks will host a semifinal game on Sunday, November 2 between the winner of fourth seeded Albany versus fifth seeded Maine. Kickoff of that semifinal contest at Al-Marzook Field at Alumni Stadium is scheduled for 2 p.m.
 

GAME HIGHLIGHTS 

·        Sophomore Aaliyah Ingram scored her second goal of the season, both game winners, to lead the Hawks to a 2-1 victory over Vermont on the final day of the regular season. Junior Elise Galipo was credited with the assist, working off a previous combination of passes from Kristen McAdams and Chanel Johnson.

·        Galipo finished the game with three points total as she sored Hartford first goal of the game nearly 11 minutes into the second half, working with McAdams who earned the assist. The goal for Galipo is her third of the season and her first in conference play.

·        Sophomore keeper Jessica Jurg collected a pair of saves while earning her seventh victory of the season. As a team, Hartford finished with three saves, the third a kick save by senior defender Raelynn Mikell less than two minutes into the second half.  

·        Overall, Hartford trailed in total shots with a 12-9 advantage in favor of the Catamounts. Five of Hartford nine shots were marked on goal with the Catamounts keeper, Catie Green, finishing with three saves.

·        Hartford had an opportunity to close out the game with 11 minutes remaining in the second half after Sidney Spremullo served a free kick restart deep into the box. A first attempt header from Johnson was punched out by Green with Galipo collecting the rebound and firing a shot that was blocked out of the goal by Catamounts defender Rylee Osgood. 
 

GOALS RUNDOWN 

·        Junior Elise Galipo scored the game's first goal working with classmate Kristen McAdams, who gathered an errant pass by the Catamounts right around midfield. She pushed a pass up the middle to Galipo who pushed the ball ahead and worked through a pair of defenders firing a shot from about 15 yards out in the middle of the box that found the inside of the net on the left side. The goal for Galipo is her third of the season, third most on the team.

·        Off the restart from Galipo's goal, Vermont's Sarah Martin took the first touch and blasted a shot from 30 yards over the outstretched Jessica Jurg.

·        Just under four minutes into the first extra frame, the Hawks put together three passes that found sophomore Aaliyah Ingram on the right side of the box where she sailed a shot over the outstretched arms of the Vermont keeper that fell in just under the cross bar in the middle of the net. The tally for Ingram is her second game-winning goal of the season. Galipo would also pick up a point on the play when she used a pass from McAdams and slid a pass across the box where Ingram gathered and fired her scoring attempt. 
 

INSIDE THE NUMBERS 

·        Through eight America East regular season games, the Hawks have allowed just three goals, an average of just 0.35 per-game. The three goals allowed in conference play ties the Maine Black Bears for the least amount of goals allowed.

·        Hartford finished with three saves total against the Catamounts, two credited to sophomore keeper Jessica Jurg. Senior defender Raelynn Mikell provided the other stop for Hartford, credited to the team, on a shot less than two minutes into the second half. Mikell punted the attempt out of trouble while protecting the right post.

·        The game-winning goal for Ingram is her second of the season, both of which have provided the winning tally. Her two game-winners are second most on the team with Johnson leading the squad with six.
 

TWEETABLES (140 characters or less) 

·        .@UhartladyHawks win the @AmericaEast Regular Season Title after knocking off the Vermont Catamounts in overtime.

·        Sophomore Aaliyah Ingram scored her second game-winning goal of the season nearly four minutes into the extra frame

·        Junior forward Elise Galipo finished the game with three points, scoring the first Hawks goal and providing Ingram with the assist.

·        Hartford will host a semifinal game on Sunday, November 2 at 2 p.m. at The Zook against either #4 Albany or #5 Maine.
 

UP NEXT
With the victory over Vermont, the Hawks receive a bye through the opening round and will host a semifinal contest on Sunday, November 2 with the opening kickoff schedule for 2 p.m. Hartford will face the winner of fourth seeded Albany and fifth seeded Maine who will play a quarterfinal game on Thursday in Albany.