FARMVILLE, Va. – Louise Chakejian tied the game with under three minutes in regulation, and Aliyah Graves-Brown scored the game-winner in overtime to cap Georgetown's 2-1 comeback win over Longwood Sunday afternoon at the Athletics Complex.
 
Chakejian's equalizer erased a 1-0 lead the Lancers (4-7, 2-2 MAC) held for nearly the entire game after Longwood sophomore Edel Nyland scored just 2:33 after the opening tipoff. That lead stood until just after Georgetown called a timeout at the 67-minute mark, coming out of the break with the ball on Longwood's 25-yard line. The Hoyas (6-7) opened up their set piece by sending the ball toward the opposite side to Chakejian, who dribbled just inside the arc and squared up a line drive that sailed past Lancer keeper Lauren Bernard into the upper right corner.
 
Chakejian's goal came amid a goalkeeping battle between Bernard and Hoyas netminder Rachel Skonecki, who combined for 16 saves on 20 shots on goal for the game. Bernard stopped the first five shots she faced, including a diving save across the net late in the second half just before Georgetown called the timeout that set up Chakejian's equalizer. Skonecki, meanwhile, bounced back from giving up Nyland's go-ahead goal in the third minute to stop the final nine shots Longwood put on goal.
 
The goalkeeping battle went in Skonecki's favor late, as Longwood came up empty in overtime despite launching four shots on the Georgetown goal. Skonecki saved three of those, while her defense bailed her out on the Lancers' final shot attempt after senior Jennifer Burris beat her point blank but shot directly into a wall of Hoya defenders that had crowded the net.
 
Just over one minute after that final team save, Chakejian ran the ball down Longwood's baseline toward the goal and dished a pass just out of reach of a lunging Bernard right to Graves-Brown who put in the game-winner.
 
"I'm very disappointed with the performance and the result. I think both just weren't good enough," said Longwood head coach Iain Byers. "Georgetown's a good team, but we definitely didn't play very well or control the ball. We didn't take advantage of our chances, and when that happens, you lose games. We're definitely disappointed as a group, but we'll work on it and get back out there Friday."
 
The loss precedes Longwood's final home game of the season, a 3 p.m. showdown against Appalachian State this Friday, Oct. 16, at the Athletics Complex. Longwood will host Senior Day before the game to honor the three-member senior class of forward Jennifer Burris and midfielders Meghan O'Connor and Hollie MacDonald.
 
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