here was nothing particularly flashy about the pass that led to Aubrey Williamson ’26’s 20th career assist for the Lycoming College women’s soccer team. It was just a simple right-footed touch pass after she controlled a one-hop kick across the top of the 18-yard-box. The ball rolled less than 10 yards from Williamson’s foot to where Madison Maihle ’25 met it with a booming shot across the goalbox that ricocheted off the bottom of the goal standard high into the left corner netting. “I got the ball, and my back was towards the goal,” Williamson said. “I didn’t know where Madison was, but I heard her screaming. We’ve played with each other a lot — I’ve always been on her side of the field, so I just played the ball to where I heard her. When I saw her make that run and shoot it and see it going in, it was the best feeling ever.” Maihle rushed over to Williamson and wrapped her in an embrace seconds before the other eight field players found their way to them. Williamson’s assist was her second of the night, the first in the first half helped her break the school-record of 18 assists in a career, to give Lycoming a 2-1 lead over Moravian University in a Landmark Conference semifinal, lifting the 2024 team on its way to a plethora of firsts, among them — its first 15-win season, its first postseason win in program history, and its first appearance in a conference final. “For Madison to get that goal — she played defense and never really got the acknowledgement or credit that she should have for what she did for this team — it was really, really awesome to see,” Williamson said. “The whole game didn’t feel real, honestly. Even before the game started, I had a feeling we would win. The whole team was on the same page with the same goal.” ASSISTING ALWAYS From her younger sister, Shannon, to setting Aubrey Williamson ’26 is By Joe Guistina 16 LYCOMING COLLEGE 2025 FALL MAGAZINE
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