Seventh-ranked Westmont Women's Soccer (4-2-1) suffered a 3-2 overtime loss to the seventeenth-ranked Cougars of Cal State San Marcos on Tuesday in San Marcos.
The Cougars scored in the second minute of the game when Sarah Hopper headed in a corner kick from Vanessa Novella. The rest of the half remained scoreless.
In the sixty-second minute, Ashley Correa unleashed a shot that hit the crossbar and rebounded back into the field of play to Jenny Martinez. Martinez then kicked in the rebound from four yards out to even the game at one.
Eleven minutes later, Martinez scored again to give Westmont a 2-1 lead. Sophie Judd delivered a pass to Martinez who cut inside, slotted a shot to the far post and found the net.
Cal State San Marcos' equalizer came in the eighty-eighth minute to send the game into overtime. Amanda Sears crashed the box on a corner kick from Heather Flores and finished from close range.
In just the second minute of the extra period, Westmont committed an own goal off of a San Marcos cross, making the score 3-2 in favor of the Cougars and bringing an end to the game.
Westmont's athletic administration is considering a formal protest of the game due to irregularities that occurred relative to the lack of a game clock on the field and an error regarding overtime structure.
Regardless of whether an appeal is filed, Westmont's season will go forward beginning on Tuesday, September 25 when the Warriors start Golden State Athletic Conference play by hosting Vanguard in a 3:30 p.m. game.