TEANECK, N.J. – The Fairleigh Dickinson women's soccer team (3-2-0, 3-1-0 NEC) fought hard for 107 minutes and led for the majority of the contest, but ultimately fell 2-1 in double overtime to Merrimack (4-2-0, 3-1-0 NEC) on Friday night from University Stadium.

Senior Alyssa Caggiano scored the FDU goal in the 40th minute after earning a penalty kick. The goal was Caggiano's first of the season and third of her career. Fellow senior Cassandra Marcoux recorded a game-high six saves.

Coach Teepe's Thoughts
"We just seemed to be struggling today and are dealing with a lot of little nicks that I think we let it seep into our preparedness for this game," said head coach Eric Teepe. "We just didn't play a mentally strong game and we caught a break being up 1-0, but we never really took command of the game and felt we were chasing the whole time."

"As a team, we had good moments and bad moments. I don't really think we did anything that would put us in a position to win the game today and we gave them an opportunity and they took it. I felt that overtime was our best part of the game and the part of the game where we were effective, but we left too much space on that goal."

"I felt our defense did a good job and they really had to battle today. We have to let this one sync in and get over it and let ourselves recover."

How it Happened

• Marcoux registered her first save of the game came in the 13th minute when junior Erin Tyldesley attempted a shot from the right side of the pitch.
• Junior Isabelle Udovc recorded FDU's first shot of the match in the 18th minute when she fired a shot from outside the box and senior goalie Megan Langlois.
• The Warriors created a scoring chance in the 21st minute when Tyldesley attempted a shot from the left side of the box that was saved and senior Sofia Albertsson then fired a shot from outside the box in the 25th minute that was stopped.
• Merrimack created their best chance in the 32nd minute when they earned a corner and serviced the ball into the box and freshman Emma Panarella got a hold of the ball that was heading to the net, but junior Madelyn Robbins recorded a team save as she cleared it from inside the net.
• FDU then took the lead in the 40th minute when Caggiano drew a penalty in the box and beat the keeper to go up 1-0.
• Merrimack sophomore Vanessa Wainwright created a chance in the 55th minute, but Marcoux denied the scoring chance and then got the contests next opportunity in the 75th minute when freshman Abigail Cieri put a shot on net that again was saved by Marcoux.
• Albertsson then attempted a shot from outside the box in the 82nd minute that was stopped by Langlois.
• Merrimack tied the match up in the 90th minute after they earned a free kick and the ball was played in the middle of the box before finding the boot of Tyldesley to send the match to overtime.
• FDU controlled the majority of the play in the first overtime and junior Isabelle Udovc attempted the lone shot of the 10 minutes that required a strong save from Langlois.
• Marcoux recorded a great save in the second overtime when Wainwright had an opportunity in front of the net, but the senior netminder stopped it.
• Merrimack then scored in the 107th minute when senior Nicole Langlois found Wainwright up the sideline to end the match.

Inside the Box Score

• FDU attempted 16 total shots and had six shots on goal.
• The Knights earned four corner kicks and drew 16 fouls.
• With the loss, FDU's NEC regular season unbeaten streak ended at 13 matches.
• FDU is now 1-1-0 all-time against Merrimack.

What's Next
FDU will return to action on Friday, April 3 when they travel to Mount St. Mary's for an NEC match that will begin at 5 p.m. The match will be streamed on NEC Front Row.