Strong Second Half Pushes Holy Cross Past Lehigh 4-2

Saturday, October 17

Bethlehem, Pa.

1:00 PM

Lehigh University

0-11-2, 0-5-1

Holy Cross

7-6-2, 3-2-1

Team	1	2	Final F
Holy Cross	2	2	4
Lehigh	2	0	2

Photo by: Ana Chrnelich

10/17/2026 4:05:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Lehigh women's soccer returned to the Ulrich Sports Complex on Saturday afternoon for a Patriot League match against the Holy Cross Crusaders. The Mountain Hawks and Crusaders went into the locker room tied 2-2, but Holy Cross ultimately came away with a 4-2 victory.

Lehigh (0-11-2, 0-5-1 PL) found itself facing an early deficit as Holy Cross (7-6-2, 3-2-1 PL) quickly went ahead 2-0 with goals from Abigail Cushing and Alessia Cerulo in the seventh and eighth minutes. The Mountain Hawks got on the board shortly after thanks to a header from sophomore Tori Okorodudu. Later in the 39th minute, first-year Ella Pomaranski fired from outside the box and scored an improbable goal that helped the Mountain Hawks equalize heading into halftime.

ELLA POMARANSKI OMG WHAT A STRIKE!!!! Lehigh 2 | Holy Cross 2 #PLTop3 #SCTop10 #GoLehigh @espn @PatriotLeague 📺https://t.co/de1qXDmQpL https://t.co/FoGML42gaA
— Lehigh W. Soccer (@LehighWSoccer) October 17, 2026

The Mountain Hawks and Crusaders played even through the first 15 minutes of action in the second half before Holy Cross' Caroline Bierfeldt broke the tie in the 50th minute to give her team a 3-2 advantage. Cushing gave the Crusaders an additional goal of insurance in the 70th minute that helped seal the win for Holy Cross.

Junior Esther Brossard led Lehigh offensively with four shots, two shots on goal, and an assist. Okorodudu took two shots while scoring one goal while Pomaranski took one while scoring one goal. Sophomore goalkeeper Chloe Zipprich made four saves on the afternoon.

The Mountain Hawks return to action on Saturday, October 24 on the road at Colgate.

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