BEMIDJI, Minn. – Redshirt freshman
Kenzie Harer sent the Bemidji State University Women's Soccer team to the next round of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Tournament Monday evening after scoring the game-winning goal in the 105
th minute of double overtime over Augustana University.
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The extra time tally sends the Beavers (10-3-6) onto the semifinal round of the NSIC Women's Soccer Tournament for the third consecutive season. BSU will face top-seed and semifinal-championship match host St. Cloud State University Friday at 2 p.m.
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After a scoreless first half filled with multiple chances from each team, the Vikings (9-7-3) stunned the Beavers with a goal off the right foot of Hope Korte in the 68
th minute. The Beavers regrouped and continued pressing on believing that an equalizing goal was to come.
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That belief paied off in the 87
th minute when
Lauren Hodny carved her way through the Vikings defenses and placed a right-footed shot to the far-right post that slipped through the goalkeeper's hands and into the back of the net.
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Extra would be needed to see who would move on to St. Cloud for the semifinal match and after the teams played a scoreless 10 minutes in the first overtime half, Harer propelled the Beavers to the next round after she beat the goalkeeper to a through pass from Hodny and stuck her right foot out to poke the ball for the game-winning goal in the 105
th minute.
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The goal was the just the second of her career playing in her first postseason match.
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BSU totaled 23 shots in the match and 10 on target while the Vikings had 16 shots and 10 on goal.
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NSIC Goalkeeper of the Week
Edie Frantzen played one of the best matches in her career stopping a career-high nine shots four days removed from stopping a previous career-high seven shots against University of Minnesota Duluth in the regular season finale.
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 The semifinal match between the Beavers and Huskies is scheduled for 2 p.m., Friday at Husky Stadium in St. Cloud and will follow the other semifinal match between University of Mary and Concordia University-St. Paul. The winners of each match will move on to the championship match Sunday.
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All matches will be streamed live at NSICNetwork.com
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For more information on the Bemidji State soccer program, follow the Beavers on X (@BSUBeaverSoccer), like them on Facebook (facebook.com/BSUBeavers) and follow them on Instagram (@BSUBeaversSoccer)
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Located on the shore of Lake Bemidji, Bemidji State University sponsors 15 varsity athletic programs with NCAA Division I men's hockey membership in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and women's hockey membership in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, while its 13 NCAA Division II programs hold membership in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC).
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