The Dominican University women's soccer team fell in their Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) opener to the Concordia University Wisconsin Falcons on Saturday afternoon, 2-1, on a goal by the Falcons' Emily Ciesielczyk in the final 40 seconds of regular time.
 
After falling behind 1-0 on a free kick in the 22^nd minute, Dominican evened the score on Kelli Iovino's (Arlington Heights, Ill.) team-leading fourth goal of the season in the 32^nd minute.  Iovino made a run up the middle of the field eventually getting on a leg on the end of a cross from the right flank by Kelly Gerwitz (Florissant, Mo.) to beat the Falcons' goalkeeper to the near post.
 
The score remained even all the way into the 90^th minute when Ciesielczyk dribbled 40 yards up the left flank before cutting a defender and making a run to goal before lifting a shot to beat Dominican's Sara Stepanovich (Des Plaines, Ill.) for the game-winning goal.
 
On paper the game was almost as close as the final score with the Falcons holding a slight 16-14 edge on shots, 7-5 advantage in shots on goal and 6-5 advantage in corner kicks.
 
The loss drops the Stars to 3-4-0 on the season and 0-1-0 in the NACC.  Dominican will be back in action on Wednesday night, traveling to Lisle to take on the Benedictine University Eagles.  The match is slated for a 7:00 p.m. kickoff.