LANCASTER, Pa. - Sophomore
Gabriella Piantadosi scored her first goal of the season in the 84th minute to lift the McDaniel College women's soccer team to a 1-1 tie with Franklin & Marshall Wednesday night at Tylus Field.
The Green Terror (4-4-4, 1-2-2 CC) are unbeaten in three of their last four games and five of six on the road this season.
The game also marked the sixth tie between the two teams in the last seven meetings dating back to 2021.
After a scoreless first half, the Diplomats (6-2-3, 2-1-2 CC) struck first just 2:42 into the second as Ellison Errington scored her team-leading sixth goal of the season on the team's 13th shot of the game and seventh on goal.
Franklin & Marshall totaled 11 second-half shots, four of which were saved by first-year
Sierra Ruehl with a fifth hitting the crossbar.
Ruehl finished with a career-high nine saves in her fourth career start. She had five in the first half while facing 12 shots, including six on goal.
After four consecutive shots by the Diplomats, McDaniel had back-to-back corner kicks in the 83rd and 84th minute. On the second one, junior
Carly Brock lobbed the ball into the box where it was forwarded on by junior
Alexis Keller-Posen before Piantadosi sent it into the back of the net to tie game at 1-1 with just over six minutes remaining.
The primary assist was the first of the season for Keller-Posen and the secondary assist was the second of the season for Brock.
Franklin & Marshall had two final shots in the last two-plus minutes, but the first was blocked by the Green Terror defense and the second was saved by Ruehl.
McDaniel returns home to face Muhlenberg on Saturday at the Soccer Complex on Senior Day. Kickoff is at noon. Prior to the game, the team will honor its four seniors in
Hannah Bird,
Abby Witzel,
Sarah Hurley, and
Bayleigh Perdue.