ATLANTA – In 2021, the Centre women's soccer team and the Emory Eagles faced off in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, where the Colonels pushed past the Eagles in overtime off a late Mills Mullen goal. On Sunday afternoon, the two teams faced off in the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the second season in a row, this game moving to penalty kicks. The Gold and White (16-3-2) would cap the 2022 season with the closest battle they encountered, falling to Emory (13-4-1) in PKs 4-2 on a 3-3 draw.
 
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
- Senior goalkeeper Jonelle Barron kicked off the historic contest by saving three different Emory shots-on-goal within the game's first eight minutes of play, two from the bottom left and one in the center.
- Mullen erupted on the fast break down the line in the 18th minute of the game, shooting her first shot of the contest into the back of the net to put the Gold and White up early.
- It wouldn't be long before Emory tied up the game, the Eagles striking back in just after the start of the 24th minute and then taking the lead in the 33rd minute of play.
- After halftime, Cara Francke would send an excellent drop floating pass right in front of Mullen, the senior pushing a shot past both the defender and Emory goalkeeper to tie the game up at two scores each.
- Centre would look to ice the game and move onto the next round as Annabel Justice found a shot to the bottom-right side of the net, but Emory would force the game to overtime by collecting a team save on the shot.
- The two teams trade punch-for-punch in the first overtime, but Alexis Kronenthal would find the perfect shot opportunity on a bounce-back pass from Mullen to give the Colonels the lead in the first overtime period.
- Emory would tie the game in the first 90 seconds of the second overtime period, but Barron would save the Colonels and force the game into penalty kicks with a save to the bottom-left side of the net with less than three minutes on the clock.
- The Eagles would get the best of the Gold and White in the five rounds of penalty kicks, Emory only missing one to knock Centre out of the brsacket. 

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Senior Jonelle Barron's 12 saves in the overtime contest is the highest recorded in a single game since before the 2011 season.
- Mullen's pair of scores in the second round of the NCAA Tournament is the first time a student-athlete had a multi-goal game in the bracket since Keeghan Francis in the 2018 season against Wheaton.
- Centre's six corner kicks compared to Emory's five marks the fifth-straight contest the Colonels have come on top in the statistical category, all being postseason contests.
- The Eagles' 26 shots is the most the Colonels faced in the 2022 season in a single game.
- Kronenthal's 10 goals in the 2022 season marks the first Colonel to reach double-digits in season goals as a freshman since Elizabeth Nelson in 2018 (11).