With just under a minute left in the second overtime of the women's soccer team's game against Clark University Saturday, midfielder Melissa Gorenkoff '10 took her second shot on goal. Cougars' sophomore goalie Joanna Clark saved it, just like the first one, and it represented one of several missed scoring opportunities by both teams in the 1-1 tie. The Judges are now 3-1-1 on the season following a 2-0 victory over Bridgewater State College Wednesday.

" [Clark University] had opportunities to score, and they didn't capitalize on [them], but they could have," coach Denise Dallamora said. "And we controlled pretty much probably 80 percent of the game, but we didn't put it in the back of the net."

After a quiet start, the Judges jumped ahead 1-0 in the 26th minute. Rookie midfielder Sofia Vallone '11, who had entered the game as a substitute just six minutes earlier, scored on a shot from 15 yards away from the goal.

"It's really nice to be able to help out the team as a freshman," Vallone said. "Our captains really tell us all the time that it's not about whether or not you start, but it's about what kind of impact you can make in general."

Dallamora said Vallone's goal energized the team. While the Judges didn't score during the next 56 minutes, they outshot Clark 8-1.

"I think [Vallone's goal] pumped us up," Dallamora said. "We really had a very slow start. We were playing a lot of kickball in the beginning, and then we finally settled down and played a much better possession game, and we had some opportunities."

Still, Brandeis' hopes of winning were lost when Clark freshman forward Kristen Murrone took advantage of a gap in the midfield and connected for her second goal of the season in the 82nd minute.

"They just got numbers up on us and took a piece off from the outside, and that was that," Dallamora said. "You make a mistake sometimes and you get away with it, and other times you can't, and that was one time we couldn't."

Rosenzweig, who has played in goal for every minute of the Judges' first five games, credited Murrone with taking advantage of a favorable situation.

"The girl got open, [and] she took off a really good shot from almost outside 18 [feet], I think," she said. "It was just a good play on their part. They capitalized on a good opportunity."

After Clark failed to score on three late shots in regulation, the game headed into the first overtime, in which the Judges also had three shots but failed to score. Forward Sarah Jasak '08 and Gorenkoff each took shots in the 91st and 99th minutes, respectively, and another shot by Gorenkoff was kicked aside by Joanna Clark in the 100th minute.

Brandeis took two more shots on goal in the second overtime-one by Gorenkoff and one by forward Tiffany Pacheco '11-but Joanna Clark turned both away to preserve the tie.

"I don't think we finished very well, so I think that hurt us," Dallamora said. "In terms of serving balls, [goalie Joanna Clark] was good at collecting them, but we didn't get them out of her range."

In Wednesday's 2-0 victory against Bridgewater State, Jasak and Vallone scored the team's two goals and Rosenzweig saved six shots for her first shutout this season.

Despite her two shots on goal Saturday, Gorenkoff has struggled all week with a groin injury.

She sat out Wednesday's victory and came off the bench in Saturday's tie, but Dallamora isn't concerned.

"I was a little reluctant to play [Gorenkoff] at all, but she assured me she was fine," Dallamora said.

The Judges host Wellesley College tonight at 7 p.m.