The Lancaster Bible College women's soccer team scored three times in the second half, including twice in the final five minutes, to erase a 1-0 halftime deficit and defeat SUNY Polytechnic, 3-1 in the North Eastern Athletic Conference Semifinals. The victory moves the Chargers into the NEAC Final for the first time since 2012 and improves Lancaster Bible to 15-5 this season.

How it Happened: Lancaster Bible controlled much of the play in the first half, though SUNY Polytechnic managed more shots in the first half on Saturday than they did in the September 23 meeting between the two teams. The Wildcats' last shot of the first half was a good one as Nakeya Stedman scored on a breakaway goal at 40:48 to give SUNY Poly a 1-0 lead. 

The SUNY Poly goal spurned the Chargers on even more after halftime as the Chargers took the game over. Lancaster Bible had three shots and four corner kicks in the first 15 minutes of the second half as the Chargers pressed for the equalizer. The Chargers were finally rewarded at 63:08 as freshman Barb Foster collected a loose ball, dribbled it into the box and scored into the right-hand corner. 

The teams battled back and forth for the next 20 minutes as Lancaster Bible continued to control the play, but SUNY Poly remained dangerous to add another goal as well. With under five minutes to play and the game seemingly headed for overtime, junior Raegan Horst crossed the ball into the box and found freshman Hannah Bernstein who put the ball into the back of the net to give the Chargers a 2-1 lead with 4:02 left to play. 

Bernstein wasn't finished. as she took a feed from junior Rachel Kumher 1:05 later and drilled a shot into the upper right-hand corner to give Lancaster Bible a two-goal advantage. The Chargers ran off the final 2:57 of the contest and advanced to the NEAC Final for the third time in program history.

By the Numbers: Lancaster Bible outshot SUNY Poly, 19-4, including 12-1 in the second half...The Chargers held a 9-3 edge in shots on goal...Foster's goal was her sixth of the season...Bernstein's two goals give her five in 2016...Horst now has 10 assists this season as she is just fifth player in program history to have 10 or more assists in a single season...Senior goalkeeper Kaitlyn Scheuing made two saves for her 15th win of the season.

Information Hodge Podge: Lancaster Bible is now 6-2 all-time against SUNY Poly...The Chargers defeated the Wildcats, 7-1 on Sept. 23 in Lancaster, Pa...Lancaster Bible is now 3-2 all-time in the NEAC Semifinals...The Chargers improved to 2-1 all-time against SUNY Poly in the NEAC Playoffs as they defeated the Wildcats in the NEAC Quarterfinals, 4-2 in 2013, but were upset by SUNY Poly, 2-1 in the same round a year later in 2014.

Up Next: The Chargers will battle top-seeded Penn St. Berks on Sunday at 1 p.m. in Reading, Pa...Penn St. Berks has won the NEAC Championship for three straight years and has not lost to a NEAC opponent since Lancaster Bible defeated the Nittany Lions, 2-0 in the 2012 NEAC Final...Penn St. Berks defeated Penn College, 7-0 in the other semifinal on Saturday...The Chargers lost to the Nittany Lions, 2-0 earlier this season in Reading, Pa...The contest on Sept. 30 was scoreless at halftime, before Lizzie Mummau scored twice in the second half to lead the Nittany Lions to the win...Penn St. Berks outshot Lancaster Bible, 22-2 in the first meeting, including 9-0 in shots on goal, though Lancaster Bible's Raegan Horst drilled the crossbar in the second half...The winner of Sunday's game will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III National Tournament.