EDWARDSVILLE- The Wilkes University women's soccer team played a hard fought match, but were bested in double overtime by Fairleigh-Dickinson University-Florham (FDU) in its Freedom Conference-opener on Friday night at Schmidt Stadium to open homecoming weekend.

The Lady Colonels fell to 3-7-1 overall and 0-1 in Freedom play while the Devils improved to 6-5-0 overall and 1-0 in conference.

FDU struck first in the 16^th minute when Kristina Ragolia scored with Nicolette van Duysen assisting.

Wilkes tied the game in the 65^th minute when freshman forward Nicolette Towlen (Ewing, NJ/Ewing) found freshman midfielder Emily Wirth (Vestal, NY/Vestal) for her first collegiate goal.

The game remained tied through the rest of regulation and through the first overtime.

The Devils found the back of the net in the 106^th minute when Gabby Diaco headed in a shot off of a corner by Brittni Calleo for the victory.

The Lady Colonels held a 16-10 advantage in shots (9-6 on net), and a 5-2 advantage in corner kicks.

Senior goalkeeper Kate Mahoney (Kingston, NH/Central Catholic) made four saves in the game.

Wilkes returns to action next Saturday when it travels to Doylestown to take on the Aggies of Delaware Valley University for a 5 p.m. Freedom Conference match, and will return home on Saturday, October 17th when it will host King's College for a 3:30 p.m. Freedom Conference match on Senior Day.