STORRS, Conn. - The Notre Dame women's soccer team was pushed to overtime but beat St. John's 2-1 in the semifinals of the 2009 BIG EAST Women's Soccer Championship on Friday night. Sophomore Jessica Schuveiller scored the golden goal with 1:12 left in the first overtime and sent the Irish team pouring onto the field in celebration. With the win the Irish advance to the title game of the BIG EAST Championship and will face Marquette at Noon on Sunday, Nov. 8. It marked Schuveiller's second goal of the year and third of her Irish career. All three goals have proved to be game winners.

With the win, the Irish advance to the BIG EAST Championship game for the sixth consecutive year where they will face Marquette, who will be making its first ever appearance in the BIG EAST title match.

The Red Storm played the Irish tough in the contest. Defensively, St. John's fought off 26 Notre Dame shots in the game and only allowed two goals to a highly-potent offense that has outscored its opponents 40-14 prior to this game. Offensively, St. John's goal was the first allowed by Notre Dame in a BIG EAST semifinal game since 2003, and the goal was the first scored by the Red Storm against the Irish in 12 contests.

Notre Dame got on the board in the eighth minute when junior Lauren Folwkes scored her ninth goal of the season. Fowlkes, who was named the BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year on Thursday night, took a pass off a direct kick from Rose Augustin to give the Irish a 1-0 lead. Notre Dame held the advantage into halftime.

The Red Storm got on the board in the 69^th minute as senior Nicole Doran lifted a corner kick right in the middle of the box where senior teammate Courtney Lane headed it home. It was the first of the season for Doran and just the second of her career.

Junior goalkeeper Nikki Weiss earned the win in the Irish net, her eighth win of the year. Notre Dame dominated statistically all night, ending with a 26-5 advantage in shots, a 9-1 advantage in shots on net and a 4-2 advantage in corner kicks but were stymied in part due to the play of Red Storm goalkeeper Kristin Russell, who finished with seven saves. Facing 26 shots in the game, Russell allowed two goals and made seven saves in just under 100 minutes of play.

During the 2009 season, Notre Dame is 9-0 when Fowlkes scores a goal. In addition, the team is 11-0 when Fowlkes has a point.

The 2009 campaign for St. John's can arguably be called one of the best in history. The team advanced to the BIG EAST Semifinals for only the second time in program history, recorded three Top 25 victories, earned its first-ever ranking in the NSCAA Top 25 Poll and tied program records with six BIG EAST wins and eight home victories. The Red Storm will await word on their potential first-ever NCAA Championship berth on Nov. 9.

This year's BIG EAST Championship is being held Nov. 6 and 8 at Morrone Stadium on the campus of the University of Connecticut. All three games will be televised live nationally on CBS College Sports. In addition, the title game also will be broadcast live on numerous regional sports networks including SportsNet New York (SNY) and streamed online at www.bigeast.tv for $3.95.