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Second Half Surge Lifts Lady Monarchs Past Louisville in Season Opener, 14-12
Feb. 26, 2012 NORFOLK, Va. - The Lady Monarchs scored three of the final four goals in the first half and outscored Louisville by three goals in the second half to capture a thrilling 14-12 win in their season-opener on Sunday afternoon at the Powhatan Sports Complex. Seven different players scored for ODU (1-0) including three goals a piece from seniors Lisa Bernardini and Rebecca Hartrum. Meanwhile, redshirt senior goalkeeper Sarah Geary saved seven shots on the day including a flurry of attempts late in the second half by Louisville (1-2). The game started with a furious flurry of goals as Bernardini and Hartrum each scored while Louisville's Nikki Boltja and Jamie Redding countered with their own goals for four scores in the first two minutes of the contest. After things settled down, Louisville scored five of the next seven goals to take a 7-4 lead with 7:45 to play in the first half. Mary Bermingham was able to net a goal with a man advantage on Louisville then to inch ODU closer before Rebecca Reymann netted one of her two goals on the day to pull the Lady Monarchs within one goal. After a Louisville goal, Hartrum was able to find the back of the net with just one second left on the clock to pull ODU within one goal at the half, 8-7. In the second half, ODU scored four of the first six goals of the half to take a 12-9 advantage and prompt a Louisville timeout. The Cardinals were then able to score a pair of goals in three minutes to pull within one goal but a free position goal by Hartrum and a wide open goal for Meredith Rogers across the middle with under three minutes to play would bump ODU's advantage back up to three goals.
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