Hawks Suffer 4-2 Defeat at COD

Lacey Richards scored a goal for the Hawks in the defeat. (Jim Cummins)

Box Score

GLEN ELLYN, Ill. – The Harper College women's soccer team fought back from a 2-0 deficit to tie the game, but College of DuPage scored two second half goals to beat the Hawks 4-2 on Wednesday afternoon.

In a rematch of the Region IV championship where the Hawks emerged victorious 2-1 over COD last October to advance to nationals, the Chaparrals got on the board first in the 13^th minute as Emily Plourde found Angela Toritto, who beat Harper goalkeeper Mikayla Nagle () to make it a 1-0 lead.

Two minutes later, Plourde found Bianca Rivera for a goal to give COD a 2-0 advantage. Despite the early deficit, the Hawks clawed their way back into the game. In the 41^st minute, Harper's Jessica Cosentino (Bartlett, Ill./Bartlett) scored on a penalty kick to cut the deficit to 2-1 at halftime.

Just 10 minutes into the second half, Cosentino found midfielder Lacey Richards (Hobart, Ind./Merrillville), who beat Chaparrals' goalkeeper Christina Siddu to tie the game at 2-2.

COD went ahead 3-2 on a goal in the 67^th minute by Katie Rubright on Plourde's third assist of the game. Heather Muno beat Nagle in the 74^th minute to give the Chaparrals a two-goal lead.

Siddu earned the win in goal, stopping three shots. Nagle received the loss, making six saves in the game. The Hawks were outshot 10-5 on the day.