Box Score FINAL SCORE: VCU 2, #18 UMass 1 (2OT - Shootout)
LOCATION: Merion Station, Pa.
RECORDS: No. 2 VCU 12-5, No. 3 UMass 13-6
NOTE: Atlantic 10 Semifinals
 
THE SHORT STORY: After trailing 1-0 early, VCU tied the game in the 17^th minute on a Litiana Field goal before the teams deadlocked during regulation. Svea Sturm scored the go-ahead shootout goal followed by Sasha Elliott making the game-winning save.

QUICK FACTS:

• VCU advanced to its third A-10 Championship game in the past four seasons
• Litiana Field scored one goal on her lone shot attempt
• Janne Wetzel recorded an assist, her fifth of the season. Wetzel had a team-high three shot attempts
• Sasha Elliott made three saves in goal for VCU
• VCU outshot UMass 10-6 overall and 6-4 in shots on goal
• The Rams also held a slight 4-3 edge in penalty corners
• Emilie Keij scored UMass' goal and had two shot attempts

 
HOW IT HAPPENED:

• UMass took an early 1-0 lead in the 5^th minute as Keij scored off the rebound on a penalty corner
• VCU nearly tied the game in the 14^th minute but Lonica McKinney's effort went wide of the post
• The Rams equalized at 1-1 in thee 17^th minute as Field scored off a penalty corner on the wing on an assist from Wetzel
• The two teams remained deadlocked for the remainder of regulation, with VCU forcing UMass into two saves in the third quarter and neither team recording a shot in the fourth quarter
• UMass outshot VCU 4-1 in both overtime periods but only putting two shots on frame. Camila Rosenbrock had her effort saved in the second overtime.
• VCU won the shootout 3-2 with Svea Sturm scoring the go-ahead goal and Elliott trapping Hannah de Gast's shot attempt as time expired

UP NEXT: 
VCU faces No. 12 ranked and No. 1 seed Saint Joseph's in the A-10 Championship match at 1 p.m. in Merion Station, Pa. The game will be live streamed on ESPN+.