PHILADELPHIA – Devin Sullivan scored the game-winner in the 61^st minute and the Thomas Jefferson University women's soccer team made it stand for a 2-1 victory over Holy Family in the CACC Championship Game on Monday afternoon. It is the Rams' second consecutive conference title and fifth overall. They finish the campaign with a 7-1 record.
 
GAMEPLAY
The Tigers started strong with two shots and a corner kick in the opening six minutes. Jefferson then got going, getting off three shots over the next four minutes, the last of which found the back of the net. Emma Kuciapinski sent the ball towards the right side where Chloe Quinn settled the ball and beat the goalkeeper with an arcing shot inside the left post, giving the Rams a 1-0 advantage in the 10^th minute.
 
Holy Family withstood two more Jefferson shots after the goal and countered with the equalizer in the 16^th minute. Each team had four shots over the remainder of the period and went into halftime tied at one.
 
The first 10 minutes of the second half was won by the Tigers, who recorded three shots and a corner kick. Rams' goalkeeper Danielle Samson stood tall, stopping two shots and keeping the game even. In the 61^st minute, Jefferson sent a ball deep into the left offensive corner. Devin Sullivan won the race to the loose ball, dribbled around two defenders to the middle of the box in front of the left post, and beat the goalie to the top right of the net, banging it in off the crossbar for a 2-1 Rams' lead. It was Sullivan's second goal of the CACC Tournament and third of the season.
 
Jefferson focused on defending over the last 29 minutes, allowing five shots but only one of them on goal, which Samson turned away. She finished with six saves. The last Holy Family opportunity came with 1:47 remaining but the shot went high. The Rams played keep away in the offensive end and ran out the clock for the CACC crown.
 
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM (with tournament statistics)

Devin Sullivan – MVP
(two goals, two game-winning goals, four shots with two on goal)
 
Kasey Schlupp
(senior leader on defense, Rams allowed one goal during the tournament and just nine shots per game)
 
Danielle Samson
(one goal allowed, one shutout, seven saves, .875 save percentage, 0.50 goals against average)
 
Chloe Quinn
(one goal, two shots with one on goal)
 
Emma Kuciapinski
(one assist, seven shots with three on goal)
 
Laural Erick
(one assist, two shots with one on goal)
 
CACC TOP XVI AWARD
Payton Cole was named the CACC Top XVI Award winner, presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the finals site for each of the CACC championships.
 
NOTES
- It is the second time in program history that the Rams have won back-to-back CACC titles (2014, 2015).
- Jefferson's five CACC championships in women's soccer are now second-most all-time behind Holy Family (7).
- It was the fourth time that Jefferson and Holy Family met in the finals and it was the Rams' first win. The two teams tied in 2006 with the Rams claiming the title on penalty kicks.
- Jefferson's .875 winning percentage this season is a program record.