MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - It all came to a bitter end.

The Mountaineer women’s soccer team saw its 2025 season come to a crushing conclusion with a loss on penalty kicks at Georgetown on Thursday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

West Virginia jumped out to an early 1-0 lead when Ajanse Respass took a low cross from Taylor White and banged it into the net 2:27 into the match. The Hoyas knotted the contest at 1-1 midway through the first half on a goal by Lizzie Heller.

Neither club scored in the remainder of the first half … or throughout the second … or through overtime session No. 1 … and then overtime session No. 2.

That led the clubs to a shootout with five penalty kicks each. In alternating shots, Georgetown and West Virginia each netted their first two shots, and then each fa

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