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No. 1 WVU Falls to No. 9 Georgetown

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – For the first time in more than two years, the No. 1-ranked West Virginia University women’s soccer team lost at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium, as the Mountaineers suffered a 1-0 double-overtime defeat to No. 9 Georgetown in their home nonconference finale this afternoon.

Hoya senior forward Grace Damaska handed the Mountaineers (7-1-1) their first loss of 2016 in the 102nd minute, scoring on a long, lofting ball that hit off the crossbar and fell behind freshman goalkeeper Rylee Foster and into the far right corner of the net.

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