Sophomore Kanisha Campbell scored in the 58th minute of play for the Illinois State womens soccer team, marking the first goal of her collegiate career, but her goal was not enough to claim a victory over the Bears of SMS. The Birds tied the Bears 1-1 in double overtime.
Chelsea Anderson of SMS was the first player to put a point up on the board as she drove through the defense and scored on the right side of the goal for the Bears at 26:20. In was not until 30 minutes later that Campbell answered back on the first goal of her career driving down the middle and scoring right in front of the goal. Robyn Brady recorded the assist on the goal for the 'Birds.
This game is just part of the learning process for us, said head coach Pete Kowall. We played well enough to win. We missed on some very critical passes that could have made the difference in the game.
The game continued to go back and forth for both teams, but throughout regulation and double overtime neither team was able to break the 1-1 tie. Illinois State took 20 shots opposed to the Bears 11.
Illinois State now moves to 6-4-2 and 1-1-1 in conference play.
The girls gave great effort out on the field, said Kowall. Well now have to get some things worked out and get ready to play for Sundays game.
The Birds will continue conference play at home with a game at noon on Sunday at Adelaide Street Field. The Birds will take on the Panthers of Drury for Senior Day.
