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RICHMOND, Va. – VCU’s senior Kelly Graves scored two goals to lead the second-seeded Rams to a 3-2 victory over seventh-seeded George Washington in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Women’s Soccer Championship on Saturday night.

With the win, VCU (15-3) advances to the semifinals of the A-10 Championship and will face third seed Saint Joseph’s on Friday, Nov. 2. The match is set for a 3:30 p.m. start at Baujan Field in Dayton.

Graves recorded the first goal of the game after intercepting a George Washington pass and firing a shot to the bottom left corner of the net to put VCU on top 1-0 early in the first half.

George Washington tied the game at 1-1 in the 28th minute when Sofia Pavon beat VCU's Young and shot into an open net.

Graves recorded her second goal of the game on a chip shot from 20-yards out in the 53rd minute. The attempt came after Graves fought her way through two Colonials' defenders before receiving a pass from Fox, who was credited with an assist on the play.

The Rams scored on an own goal in the 83rd minute. The goal would ultimately be the game-winner.

George Washington's Pavon scored her second goal of the game in the 90th minute to cut the VCU lead to 3-2.

VCU's redshirt freshman keeper Grace Young recorded her first win in goal this season, making three saves.

Today's win marked the fifth consecutive victory for the Rams, who have also won 11 of their last 12 matches, and pushed them to 10-1 against conference opponents this season.