As the Liberty High School girls soccer team attended to an injured player, Freedom was planning its final push to tie the game. <\/p>\n
\"When the injury happened (and the clock was stopped with 4:50 to go), we had a team huddle,\" freshman midfielder Kerry Callaghan said, \"and Coach (Jamie Halper) told us to crash the net. And that's what we did.\" <\/p>\n
\"I told them to keep up the pressure and make short passes,\" Halper said. \"In overtime, I think they wanted it more. They had the momentum.\"<\/p>\n
Callaghan scored the tying goal with 1:56 on the clock by heading a Giselle Sanchez cross inside the left post. <\/p>\n
\"I saw her open,\" Sanchez said. \"All I could think was to kick it to her.\" <\/p>\n
Then riding the high from that equalizer, Freedom won the Lehigh Valley Conference East Division match 2-1 just 32 seconds into overtime. <\/p>\n
Junior midfielder Carli Markle knocked in a rebound after Erica Barrett's shot had been parried by Liberty keeper Amelia Sapirman. Freshman Jaiden Coyne had started the play by moving the ball forward and finding Barrett inside the box. <\/p>\n
\"Erica's shot hit the keeper,\" Markle said. \"She (Sapirman) got her hands on the ball, but when she hit the ground the ball came loose, came right to me and I put it in with my left foot.\" <\/p>\n
It was Freedom's first win of the season and came at a crucial time, according to Halper. <\/p>\n
\"We've had a rough couple of days,\" she said. \"We didn't play well against Becahi (5-1 loss) after we had played so well against Easton (2-1 defeat). So, hopefully, this will be the start of something for us.\" <\/p>\n
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