The sixth seeded Lindenwood Lady Lions soccer team fell to the third seeded Baker Wildcats 4-3 in overtime Monday night in the opening round of the HAAC Tournament.
Lindenwood jumped out to an early lead when Danielle Mayer scored just four minutes into the game. The Lady Lions would hold onto the 1-0 lead until the 16th minute when the Wildcats tied the score at one. Just nine minutes later Baker would score again and take the 2-1 lead. After three quick goals neither team would score the rest of the first half.
Trailing by a goal Jenni Tenholder would tie the game up for the Lady Lions with help from Kendall Kravec. But just six minutes later Baker would once again take a one goal lead. Lindenwood would not give in scoring just five minutes later to tie the score again. The game would stay tied at three and would go into overtime.
In the first extra frame Baker would finish off the Lady Lions when Jen Sampson would score her third goal of the game just four minutes into overtime.
With the win the Wildcats move onto the second round of the tournament where they will take on the seeded Graceland Yellowjackets. The Lady Lions end their season with an overall record of 7-11-1.
