SALEM – As Rachel and Rebecca Fullerton took to the rain-soaked field in overtime Friday, they knew what was going to happen, but the twin sisters just didn’t know which of them would make it happen.

“As we were walking on the field, my sister was like, ‘One of us has to do it,'” said senior midfielder Rebecca Fullerton. “We knew one of us was going to do it.”

Sure enough, Rebecca’s goal midway through the first overtime lifted the soaked but unbeaten Mt. Abram girls’ soccer team to a 2-1 victory over St. Dom’s in the Western C quarterfinal.

“It’s amazing,” said Rebecca, who took a kick to the stomach in a collision following the game-winning goal. “I got hit. I wanted to get up. I was so excited and wanted to jump on my teammates.”

Fullerton’s goal with 10:29 left in the first overtime session completed a comeback for the Roadrunners (15-0). Mt. Abram had not been behind all year, but a St. Dom’s goal in the first 10 minutes of play had the Roadrunners battling a variety of conditions – wind, rain and playing from behind.

“This group of kids I’ve got, with their grit and determination, I knew they were going to step up to the challenge,” said Mt. Abram coach Marc Keller, whose club will host North Yarmouth Academy in a semifinal game Saturday. NYA beat Winthrop, 3-0.

Emma James helped set up the game-winner in overtime. She won the ball on the right sideline and put it to the middle for Rebecca London. She pushed the ball up the left wing for Fullerton. She maneuvered by a defender and had keeper Elise Applegate coming out to challenge her. She slipped the ball by the charging keeper and into the net.

“I saw the keeper coming out,” she said. “I knew it was going to be 50-50. So I got down and slide tackled it and poked it right by her.”

The Roadrunner rally was aided by a James penalty kick with 12:10 left in regulation. Mt. Abram controlled much of the second half but had been unable to produce the equalizer.

“Sometimes we get really unlucky when we don’t get it in the back of the net,” said James, a senior midfielder. “We came out slow in the first 20 minutes, but the rest of the game, we completely dominated. That was what we needed to do to get us back in that game.”

St. Dom’s won the coin flip to start the game and had the wind in its favor. Starting play in the driving rain and gusty winds, the Saints (6-9-1) scored just 9:45 in. The ball was bobbled by keeper Kenni Norton and sophomore Sophie Goulet put it into an open net.

“After they scored, I actually knew we were going to win,” said Fullerton. “I was so fired up. (Coach) Keller always tells us that right after we give up a goal, we can’t get down. We have to get up even more. I knew we were going to comeback.”

The Roadrunners picked up their play late in the half and had a couple of chances to tie it. Kaitie Buschmann redirected a shot over the net while a Kylie Rolbiecki’s free kick was dropped by Applegate. London had a crack at the loose ball but couldn’t put it in.

In the second half, Mt. Abram outshot the Saints 11-3 but couldn’t beat Applegate, who had a strong outing with 17 saves. She made a leaping save on James and made stops on Rachel Fullerton and Noelle Lake.

The Saints best chances in the second half came on a Stephanie Costello shot early in the half and a header off a corner by Ali Desjardin late. Norton finished with nine saves.

With 12:10 left, a hand ball in the penalty area gave Mt. Abram the chance it needed. James caught Applegate leaning one way and put a low shot past her in the other direction.

“All this week I’ve been going down there by myself,” said James, who narrowly missed a penalty kick during a loss in the MVC Championship game. “I have my routine down. I do my thing. I just looked at the ball. I know where I want it to go, and it went right where it was supposed to.”

The wind and rain subsided a bit in the first half but was sporadic in the second. The Roadrunners used the wind to their advantage to maintain possession. St. Dom’s defense was solid in its end and had the clock in its favor as the Roadrunners struggled to get the equalizer.

“It seemed to me that it was a matter of time,” said Keller. “The way we were playing, it seemed like it was a matter of time, but it was a question of whether the time was going to run out before we got that first one in.”