HOUGHTON, N.Y. -- For the second year in a row, Russell Sage College ended the season for Houghton women's soccer by overcoming a 2-1 deficit in the final minutes. 

A year ago it dashed Houghton's chances of advancing to the Empire 8 Tournament. Today, it came in the first round of the E8 playoffs on Saturday at Burke Field.

The No. 5 seed Gators tied the score at two in the 87th minute, then scored the winner with just three seconds left on the clock, leaving the No. 4 seed Highlanders and their home fans stunned.

GAME VITALS
Score: Houghton 2 | Sage 3
Location: Houghton, N.Y.  | Burke Field
Attendance: 200
Records: Houghton 7-9-1 | Sage 9-4-4

DETAILS
>> The Gators got on the board first in the 8th minute when Kennedy Jones found herself on a run up the middle and slipped the ball past Alliah Fluent who had come out to challenge.
>> Just a minute after the Sage goal, Anna-Lena Gilbert found Karryne Mims near the corner of the six-yard box and the freshman side-footed a quick shot past the Gators keeper.
>> Mims would double the lead just 9 minutes later when she scored her team-leading 9th goal on an 18-yard looping shot that slipped under the post.
>> The team would play even though most of the remaining minutes of the first half.
>> Down a goal, the Gators began to press and maintained the majority of the possession through the first 25 minutes of the second half and produced a sequence of five shots and three corners over a 10-minute span. Houghton created a few scoring changes of their own after that. Each team just missed on opportunities with loose balls in front of the net, but both defenses were able to turn away the threats.
>> As the game clock ticked under 10 minutes, the Gators continued to apply the pressure. They produced five more shots and another corner before Jones again found the back of the net with the equalizer at the 86:14 mark.
>> As the clock wound down, the Gators won a throw-in, worked the ball into the box, and Gianna Viscusi deposited the winner past Fluent.

NOTABLE STATS
>> The Gators owned a 27-12 advantage in shots, with 16 of those coming in the second half.
>> Corners were in favor of the Gators, 6-4.
>> Fluent made 10 saves in net.
>> The Highlanders remain winless in the E8 Tournament. They are 0-2-1 in three appearances.

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