LAKE FOREST, Ill. - The Saint Mary's soccer team prevailed 3-2 in overtime at Lake Forest on Saturday to move to 2-0 on the season.
The Belles put together the first good scoring chances of the match as
Jillian Bowen had a shot saved in the opening minute before seeing another effort turned away in the 17th minute of action.
Kara Stacey came up with a save of her own in the 21st minute as the game remained deadlocked at 0-0.
Two more shots on goal by the Belles were followed by a pair of attempts off the mark as Saint Mary's continued to be the aggressors on offense. The Foresters, however, were able to capitalize on their second shot on goal of the day to take a 1-0 lead with less than eight minutes remaining before halftime.
Saint Mary's, however, did not take long to equalize in the second period.
Maya Cole found the back of the net for the first time in the 2021 season with a goal in the 55th minute of action. Twelve minutes later, the Belles finished off a set-piece opportunity as Cole served a free kick from about 30 yards out into the box where
Rose Stackhouse opened her goal-scoring account for the season with the close-range shot. Lake Forest tallied a late goal in the 81st minute to force overtime. Stackhouse, however, made sure the Belles left the pitch victorious as the senior put away the game-winner off a feed from
Lindsey Adent in the seventh minute of the bonus period.
Saint Mary's out-shot Lake Forest 13-5 overall with a 9-3 edge in shots on goal. The Belles added eight corner kicks to the Foresters' two in the match.
Rose Stackhouse had her seventh-career multi-goal game and sixth-career game-winning goal as the senior registered a brace in the victory.
Maya Cole added her first goal of the season and fourth of her career while
Lindsey Adent tallied an assist.
Kara Stacey picked up the win in goal while collecting a save in more than 96 minutes of play.
The Belles (2-0) return home to host Aurora on Wednesday, September 8 at 7:00 p.m.
