HANOVER, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology women's soccer team put on a second half charge before narrowly falling 2-1 to Hanover College in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference semifinal round on Wednesday.

Hanover scored two goals in the first 16 minutes to take a 2-0 lead, but Rose-Hulman stormed back to control most of the rest of the game.

Autumn Boothby scored in the 9th minute and Kenzie DeLong scored in the 16th minute to give the Panthers the early lead and apparent control of the match.

Rose-Hulman would not go down without a battle, however, closing within 2-1 on a goal by Kyra Hicks in the 65th minute.  Lane Lawrence provided the assist on the Hicks score.

Rose-Hulman outshot Hanover 16-11 for the match by controlling most of the contest.  The Fightin' Engineers also outshot Hanover 10-4 in terms of shots on goal.

Lawrence led Rose-Hulman with five shots.  Sarah Shoemaker, Caroline and Elle Vuotto had three shots each.

Hanover improved to 13-1-3 and will advance to the HCAC Tournament Championship Game on Saturday against an opponent to be determined.  Rose-Hulman completes an outstanding season with a 12-3-2 record, a 7-1-1 mark in conference play, and an NCAA Division III Region VIII ranking from the national committee.