BEREA, Ky. --- Asbury Women's Soccer traveled to Berea, KY on Wednesday evening to battle with the Berea Mountaineers. After falling behind to a 1-3 deficit, AU clawed their way back to score 2 goals in the final ten minutes to secure a tie with Berea, 3-3.

Asbury got on the board first when freshman Mary Hostetter found the back of the net 12 minutes into the game, giving the Eagles a 1-0 lead. This goal was the first of Hostetter's career, but she was not done yet on the night.

Berea quickly responded with a goal of their own at the 15th minute mark to even things up at 1-1. The final 25 minutes of the half saw no goals as the two teams went into the break tied at 1-1. 

Early in the second half was led by Berea, as they came out to score 2 goals in the first 16 minutes of the half taking a 3-1 lead over Asbury (55 minute & 61 minute). Through the next 20 minutes Asbury continued to compete, trying to find a way to get back into the game before things finally broke through at the 81 minute mark.

With less than 10 minutes to go in the game, junior Caroline Absher found her first goal of the 2022 season to get Asbury within one (2-3). At the 86 minute mark it was Mary Hostetter once again finding the goal for AU, tying the game at 3-3 with less than 5 minutes to go in the match. Hostetter's second career goal and second on the night, this time assisted by her freshman teammate Sydney Tucker.

The game came to a close in a 3-3 tie, a successful comeback from Asbury in the final 10 minutes to escape defeat. 

* Mary Hostetter scored 2 goals (her first 2 career goals for AU)

* Caroline Absher scored her first goal of the season while also putting 3 shots on goal

* Maliya Crump recorded 3 saves in the game

* Delaney Long put 2 shots on goal for Asbury that both eventually led to a goal from her teammates

"Tonight's game challenged our team in ways we were not expecting. We showed a lot of heart in the second half, coming back to tie up the game in the last 8 minutes. Going forward we want to capitalize on the fight and speed that we showed in the last minutes of the game and carry it into the rest of our season. We are excited to learn and grow as a team and games like this one are a great learning experience for us."

     * Junior Forward, Caroline Absher

AU's next matchup is this Saturday in North Manchester, IN facing Manchester University at 4 pm.