NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. – Westminster College women's soccer squad advanced to the Presidents' Athletic Conference postseason tournament championship game via a 3-1 shootout win over Chatham University.

Wednesday night at the UPMC Sports Complex, first-year forward Amanda Lewis (Slippery Rock, Pa./Slippery Rock High), sophomore midfielder Mackenzie Powell (Harrison City, Pa./Penn Trafford High) and junior defender Sophia Galietta (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park High) garnered goals in the shootout after regulation ended in a 1-all stalemate after 90 minutes of regulation and two 10-minute OT periods.

Galietta, assisted by sophomore midfielder Natalie Vilchek (West Newton, Pa./Yough High), gave Westminster a 1-0 lead with a goal at the 22:05 mark. However Chatham – the defending PAC champion – squared the slate on Malia Hinton's goal at the 81:48 juncture. She was assisted by Maggie Toomey.

Westminster out-shot the visiting Cougars, 19-15, including a 5-3 edge in corner kicks.

For the Titans of taskmaster Girish Thakar, first-year goalkeeper Morgan Murphy (Yardley, Pa./Villa Joseph Marie) made 7 saves in 110 minutes. Her Chatham counterpart, Hannah Erhlich, made 6 saves in 110 minutes.

Ava Krepp connected for the lone shootout score for Chatham, which concluded the campaign at 11-4-4 overall. 

Westminster (14-3-1) will welcome Franciscan University (13-4-2) – a 4-1 semifinals winner over Grove City College – Saturday at 6 p.m. for the postseason tourney title.