The Dominican University women's soccer team came up on the short side of a 2-1 double overtime decision in River Forest on Saturday afternoon, falling to the North Central College Cardinals as the Stars' took a weekend off from Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) action.
 
Taylor Adler (Shorewood, Ill.) gave the Stars a 1-0 advantage in the 60^th minute, scoring her third goal of the season as she slipped in behind the Cardinals' backline, getting on the end of a through-ball played by Kelli Iovino (Arlington Heights, Ill.) and poking a shot inside the far post.
 
Dominican played with the lead for the next ten minutes until the Cardinals struck on a shot from 28-yards out lifted by Caitlyn Orawiec in the 70^th minute.  Orawiec's shot tipped off the hand of Dominican's goalkeeper, Sara Stepanovich (Des Plaines, Ill.), then hit the crossbar and redirected toward the goal line.  Play continued for a few moments before the center official went to confer with his linesman and then pointed to the center circle to signify a good goal, knotting the score at 1-1.
 
The score remained tied through regulation and one overtime period all the way into the 103^rd minute when Hannah Magiera got a head on Nicholette Fulk's corner kick service.
 
Stepanovich made six saves for Dominican as the Stars were outshot by a slight 14-11 margin with the Cardinals putting eight shots on frame to Dominican's six shots on goal.
 
The loss drops the Stars to 8-7-0 on the season.  Dominican returns to NACC play on Wednesday, taking to the pitch at West Campus Field to take on the MSOE Raiders.  Kickoff is slated for 3:00 p.m. between the two sides tied for fourth in the NACC standings.