The Elizabethtown College men’s and women’s soccer teams fought hard against The Catholic University of America Saturday, Oct. 27.

The women’s team suffered a hard defeat by one goal, while the men’s team tied and secured their place as the number one seed in the Landmark Conference, also locking down a home field advantage.

The women’s team started off behind as Catholic scored within the first four minutes, but Etown came back quickly in less than a minute. First-year Kelli Olsson assisted sophomore Janelle Barna, leveling the score and marking Barna’s third goal of the season.

Catholic gained the lead again in the 12th, minute scoring the last goal of the first half. Catholic scored first again in the second half, putting the score at 3-1. Junior Lydia Lawson was able to score once more in the 61st minute; this was her 16th goal of the season.

She was able to head the ball into the back of the net from Olsson’s free kick. This brought the score up, but the Blue Jays just couldn’t score an extra point.

The women’s team needed three goals to lock their place as fourth in the Landmark Conference and were sadly short by one. This ends the Women’s 2018 season with a record of 6-3-8.

The men’s team earned the top seed at Catholic, tying the game. The Blue Jays needed a win or tie to achieve this title and came out aggressively with 13 shots, three on goal, in the first half.

After the stalemate, the Blue Jays went into overtime for the fifth time this season. The blue jays brought their winning streak to 11 games, with the last time they lost being Sept. 15th.

The men’s team will continue into the semifinals against Moravian College and determine if they will move onto the Landmark Championships on Saturday, Nov. 3.