Galla gives Seahawks third straight win

Liz Galla '12 recorded a hat trick including a game-winning OT goal for Salve Regina at UMass Dartmouth. Britt Blanchette '15 added two goals for the Seahawks.

- 3rd	1	2	OT	T
Salve Regina (3-1)	2	2	1	5
Mass.-Dartmouth (2-1)	2	2	0	4

Scoring Summary
1st - 6:12	Britt Blanchette (Salve Regina)
1st - 14:17	Tori Pierce (Mass.-Dartmouth)
1st - 17:22	Liz Galla (Salve Regina)
1st - 31:40	Erica Jonasson (Mass.-Dartmouth)
1st - 46:42	Britt Blanchette (Salve Regina)
1st - 75:38	Liz Galla (Salve Regina)
1st - 87:00	Danielle Gauvin (Mass.-Dartmouth)
1st - 88:19	Jillian Van Ness (Mass.-Dartmouth)
1st - 99:17	Liz Galla (Salve Regina)

Salve Regina	Mass.-Dartmouth
G: Liz Galla - 3 A: Kaitlyn Birrell - 1 Sh: Liz Galla - 6 Sv: Jessica Lane - 11	G: 4 Players (#3, #9, #10, #23 - 1) A: 2 Players (#3, #10 - 1) Sh: Tori Pierce - 4 Sv: Stephanie Borges - 7

TEAM STATISTICS	Salve Regina	Mass.-Dartmouth
Shots (on goal)	21 (12)	16 (15)
Saves	11	7
Fouls	0	0
Corner Kicks	3	4
Offsides	2	0

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NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. - Senior forward Liz Galla (Beacon Falls, Conn./Woodland HS) scored her third goal of the game with 43 seconds remaining in the first overtime period to give visiting Salve Regina a 5-4 victory over the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's women's soccer team in a non-conference match at Cressy Field Tuesday evening.

Galla broke in and scored against UMD junior goalkeeper Stephanie Borges (Somerset, MA/Somerset HS) to end the match and spoil a late Corsair comeback.

UMass Dartmouth had tied the game, 4-4, scoring twice in the waning moments. Freshman midfielder Danielle Gauvin's (Fall River, Mass./Durfee HS) first goal of the season with three minutes remaining cut Salve's lead to 4-3, and junior forward Jillian Van Ness (Agawam, Mass./Agawam HS) scored with 1:41 to play to tie the score.

Goals by freshman midfielder Britt Blanchette (Hope, R.I./La Salle Academy) and Galla scored in the first half for the Seahawks, and sophomore forwards Tori Pierce (Tiverton, R.I./Tiverton HS) and Erica Jonasson (Wrentham, Mass./Tri-County HS) replied in kind for UMD, as the first half ended in a 2-2 tie. Blanchette scored in the 47th minute and Galla scored in the 76th minute to stake SRU to a 4-2 lead, setting the stage for UMD's late comeback.

The Seahawks outshot the Corsairs, 16-14. Borges made seven saves for UMD, while sophomore Jessica Lane (Marshfield, Mass./Marshfield HS) made 11 for SRU.

UMass Dartmouth dropped to 2-1 with the loss, while Salve Regina improved to 3-1 with the win. The Corsairs will return to action when they visit Nichols Thursday. The Seahawks will host Wentworth Saturday.

Courtesy of UMass Dartmouth sports information