WILLIMANTIC, Conn. – Eastern Conn. State scored the game-winning goal late in the second overtime to defeat Keene State College 2-1 in a Little East Conference women's soccer game played at Thomas Nevers Field on Saturday.

Senior forward Chelsea Downer scored the game-winning goal for the Warriors.  

It was a disappointing loss.  "We had a good first half, but they dominated the second half," said KSC Coach Denise Lyons.  "We played a lot of games last week and it just caught up with us."

Eastern's (6-4-1, 4-0-0 LEC) seventh straight home win over Keene (8-6-0, 2-2-0 LEC) snaps the Owls' seven-game winning streak and keeps the Warriors with a share of first place in the conference with the University of Massachusetts Boston.

Downer's team-leading seventh goal of the season on an assist from freshman back KaitlinThibodeau (Tolland) came with 5:40 left in overtime.

The match featured last year's LEC regular-season champion in Keene State and the LEC playoff titlist in Eastern. The Warriors won on penalty kicks after scoreless overtime play at Keene in last year's final.

The Warriors tied the game with nine minutes left in regulation on Buchanan's third goal of the season with a one-timer off the hands of Keene sophomore keeper Torrie Crenson (North Salem, NY), and Downer blasted in the game-winner after touching the ball once off a cross from Thibodeau.

Eastern trailed until the final ten minutes after junior midfielder Kristen Huckins (Westmoreland, NH) put the visitors in front with six minutes left in the first half on a header which came from junior forward Brittany Boscarino's (Ellington) corner kick.

Eastern dominated the second half with an 11-2 advantage in shots but could not gain the equalizer against Crenson. The Warriors unloaded seven shots in the 20 minutes prior to Buchanan's game-tying goal, but only one of those bids forced Crenson to make a save.

Keene State host Bridgewater State on Wednesday (6:30 p.m.).

(Courtesy ECSU Sports Information)