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ator Forward Lois Heuchan celebrates her game-winning goal in double overtime with her teammates. Kansas advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament, beating Missouri 1-0.
KU soccer triumphs over MU in double overtime
SHAUN GOODWIN
@ShaunGoodwin96
During an afternoon game Sunday, the Kansas women's soccer team edged out the Missouri Tigers at home in a 1-0 overtime victory to advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
The victory was extra sweet for the Jayhawks, as the Tigers knocked them out at this stage of the tournament in 2014, also at Rock Chalk Park.
When asked about the game being a revenge game, senior midfielder Hanna Kallmaier was quick to respond.
"We definitely got that revenge," she said. "I got a couple of messages from old teammates from two years ago saying 'OK, you've got to beat them for me,' so that was definitely a big revenge game."
Missouri came out of the gates firing in the first half, with the team's first good chance coming just three minutes into the game, when freshman forward Sarah Luebbert ran through on goal. Her drive caused Kansas
goalkeeper Regan Gibbs to come off her line and meet Luebbert midway, making a good save on Luebbert's low shot.
Missouri continued to threaten as the half went on, and Tigers forward Allie Hess hit the crossbar following a cross on the 19th minute.
Just three minutes later, Kansas got its best chance of the game at that point, when Kallmaier headed over the bar off a cross from Kansas defender Addisyn Merrick. This chance seemed to spur the Jayhawks on as they began to take control of the game.
On the 25th minute, Kansas had another good chance, but Missouri goalkeeper Kelsey Dossey denied a low cross shot by Kansas midfielder Grace Hagan.
Full of confidence, Kansas pushed on, creating two more good chances when senior defender Morgan Williams fired over the bar twice in as many minutes, including a beautiful firsttime shot from 25 yards out that sailed just over the top left corner.
Just as the second half started, Missouri came out of the blocks quickly, as midfielder Savannah Trujillo forced Gibbs into a full-stretch save, tipping the ball out for a corner thirty seconds into the half.
For the next 18 minutes, both sides battled for control in the middle of the field, attempting to carve out decent chances with little success. Finally, Kansas forward Lois Heuchan broke the trend with a close shot just following a corner kick.
The best chance of the half came as Merrick picked up the ball in her own box, and with an incredible burst of speed ran up the length of the field, forcing the Missouri goalkeeper into a save which very nearly bobbled over her and into the back of the net.
Heading into the last ten minutes of regulation, Missouri dictated the tempo of the game, yet neither side could break the deadlock as the game headed into overtime.
As both teams began to fatigue, it became harder for them to create
Kansas will travel to North Carolina for the second round, where the team will face the two-seeded Tar Heels on Friday.
good chances, with the best chance of the first overtime period being a dipping header from Heuchan that was just a little too high.
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who slotted the ball into the bottom right corner from six yards out, winning the game for Kansas.
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Forty seconds into the second overtime, Hagan threaded the ball through the eye of a needle into Heuchan's path,
"I wasn't really bothered with scoring, as long as someone scores and we win the game," Heuchan said. "A win is a win, so I'm thrilled ei-
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