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Mott's Scores Give Wooster 3-2 Victory at Kenyon

Liz Mott scored two goals, including the game-winner with 5:38 remaining during the second overtime, to key a 3-2 victory for The College of Wooster at Kenyon College Saturday afternoon. The win enhances the Fighting Scots' chances of qualifying for the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament, as they move up to fifth-place with two regular seasons remaining. The top-four advance to the postseason.

Mott's game-winner came on a breakaway, dribbling past the defense toward the right post and then shooting the ball left past the 'keeper for her team-high eighth goal of the year.

Wooster, now 11-5 overall, took a 1-0 lead late in the first half when Kenyon (5-9-1, 2-3-1 NCAC) was unable to clear the ball out of its end and Nicole Himebaugh one-touched it over the goalkeeper for her third goal.

The Ladies, playing their final home match of the season, knotted things up for the first time during the 55th minute, as Shanna Keown set up a Lisa Vaughn goal.

It remained 1-1 deep into the second half. Mott gave the Scots what appeared to be a comfortable cushion, rebounding in a ball in the Kenyon box at the 6:14 mark. Just 1:37 later, though, the Ladies' Katie Fee tied it again after booting one in from a scramble in front of the Wooster net.

The match marked the Scots' first overtime game this fall, but they responded well, putting two shots on goal, one in the first and then Mott's game-winner in the second.

Defensively, Alix Hoffman was credited with two saves during the victory.

Wooster will continue its postseason push on Tuesday when it hosts Hiram College (5-11, 0-6 NCAC) at 4 p.m.