DAYTON, OHIO – Senior midfielder Emma Pedolzky, of Westfield notched the game-winning goal in the 89th minute to send the No. 3 University of Massachusetts women’s soccer team to the Atlantic 10 championship final after taking down No. 2 Dayton, 2-1, on Wednesday night at Baujan Field.
UMass reaches the A-10 Championship for the eighth time in program history, and will face No. 1 Saint Louis on Sunday, November 10 in St. Louis, Missouri. The match will be streamed on ESPN+ at 1 p.m.
The Minutewomen improve to 13-4-2 overall and hold a 6-2-2 mark in the A-10, while the Flyers finished the season with an overall record of 14-4-2 and a 7-1-2 record in the league.
“I feel grateful for the opportunity to have been able to play in the semifinal and even more grateful to have one more game,” Pedolzky said. “Our team has worked so hard, not just this year but in preparation for this year and it’s really taken every single person to accomplish all that we have done.”
