Singing Second Into the Semis: Hannah Pohlidal's Late Winner Against Navy Advances Women's Soccer in Patriot League Tournament

Sunday, November 3

West Point, NY

1:00 PM

Army West Point

12-5-1, 5-3-1

Navy (Quarterfinals)

9-10-2, 3-4-2

Navy

Army West Point

Singing Second Into the Semis: Hannah Pohlidal's Late Winner Against Navy Advances Women's Soccer in Patriot League Tournament

November 03, 2024 | Women's Soccer

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WEST POINT, NY - Third-seeded Army West Point women's soccer (12-5-1, 5-3-1 PL) shut out Navy (9-10-2. 3-4-2 PL) for the second time this season in Sunday afternoon's Patriot League Championship quarterfinal matchup from Malek Stadium.

Hannah Pohlidal scored the game-winning goal off the bench with six minutes remaining to send the Black Knights into the Patriot League semifinals with a 1-0 win. Army will travel to No. 2 Boston University on Thursday night with kickoff set for 6:00 p.m. for a spot in the Patriot League Championship Game.

Both sides settled into the game early, with Navy controlling possession in the opening minutes before Army took control for the remainder of the half. Sage Strohman, who logged her eighth shutout of the season after receiving her Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year award, was called into action to make a save in the 21st minute on an Alexa Riddle break.

Army finished the half with a surge as Natasha Stramrood was tested to make three quality saves in the final two minutes of the half of a trio of great efforts from Elizabeth Oberhaus, Kaelan Bradley and then Brigid Duffy in the half's closing seconds. The teams went into halftime with the scoreline knotted at zero.

The Midshipmen had a prime opportunity to break to open the scoring in the 55th minute, as Riddle got free on a breakaway but a charging Strohman forced the shot just wide, off of the right post, to keep the game on level terms.

Army continued to apply pressure, getting shot after shot and corner after corner. Army's 10 corner kicks in the game were its second most on the season, with the high being 11 in the regular season matchup with the Mids.

The tenth corner was forced from a Cami Silvestro shot which was saved off of the crossbar, as Silvestro then whipped in a cross to the near post which found the head of Hannah Pohlidal for the game-winning goal. Pohlidal has now scored all three goals in her career in the the past four games after going three-plus years without scoring a goal. The assist for Silvestro marked her seventh of the season.

The win marked the second time in program history (1997 season) in which Army has defeated Navy twice in the same season.

Army will return to Boston University for the second time in as many weeks to take on the Terriers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday for a semifinal matchup. A win would advance Army into its third straight Patriot League Championship Game for the first time since appearing in four straight from 1991-94.