Just over six minutes into the fourth period, a Longwood penalty shot deflected off a Kent State stick into the net. That broke a 0-0 tie.
Six minutes later, the Longwood goalie dove for a save and missed. That left the net wide open in front of senior midfielder Helena Cambra Soler. But her shot hit the post, and Kent State’s best chance to tie the game went away.
“We had a lot of opportunities that were bad luck for us,” Cambra Soler said. “We couldn’t get a lot of outcomes, and we could’ve done a lot better.