ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY
Wednesday, September 27, 2006

View pictures of the varsity and JV games here (by J.R.)
View pictures of the game here (by B.H.)

Nationally 15th-Ranked Elizabethtown Knocks Off Nationally Top-Ranked Messiah 2-1 in Overtime

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Nationally fifteenth-ranked Elizabethtown College upset nationally number one-ranked Messiah College with a 2-1 overtime home victory over the Falcons Wednesday evening. The game, a Commonwealth Conference contest, was Messiah’s first loss of the season, dropping the Falcons to 7-1 overall and 2-1 in the conference. Elizabethtown improved to 8-1 overall and 2-0 in the conference with the win.

Laura Rinck '07 scored the tying goal on a penalty stroke.

Messiah took a 1-0 lead late in the first half when Nikki Bailey (Elliotsburg, PA/West Perry) scored off a Lisa Strausbaugh (Mechanicsburg, PA/Mechanicsburg) assist during a penalty corner at 31:21.

Elizabethtown tied the game early in the second half at 41:44 when Laura Rinck (Selinsgrove, PA/Selinsgrove Area) scored her team-leading seventh goal of the season on a penalty stroke. Neither team scored for the remainder of regulation time, sending the game into overtime.

Exactly three minutes into overtime, Megan Angstadt (Oley, PA/Oley Valley) scored the game-winning goal off an assist by Jen Pechart (Hanover, PA/Delone Catholic).

Megan Angstadt '09 scored the winning goal three minutes into overtime.

Elizabethtown out-shot Messiah 14-11 over the course of the game. Messiah held a 5-2 advantage in shots during the first half, but Etown out-shot the Falcons 10-5 in the second half and 2-1 in overtime. The Falcons held an 8-6 edge in penalty corners over the host Blue Jays.

Etown goaltender Kristen Callaghan (Langhorne, PA/Neshaminy) made seven saves, while Messiah goalie Ashley Mowery (Mechanicsburg, PA/Northern) made seven saves as well, six of which came in the second half.

Elizabethtown will return to action at home Saturday, September 30 against Widener University in a 1:00 p.m. Commonwealth Conference game.

At Elizabethtown, Pa.
#15 Elizabethtown 2, #1 Messiah 1 (OT)
Goals by period 1 2 OT Tot
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Messiah College ..... 1 0 0 - 1
Elizabethtown Coll... 0 1 1 - 2

SCORING SUMMARY:
1. 31:21 MESS Nikki Bailey (6) (Lisa Strausbaugh)
2. 41:44 ETOWN Rinck, Laura (7) Penalty stroke
3. 73:00 ETOWN Angstadt, Megan (3) (Pechart, Jen)

Shots: Messiah College 11, Elizabethtown Coll. 14
Saves: Messiah College 7 (Ashley Mowery 7), Elizabethtown Coll. 7 (Callaghan, Kristen 7)

View pictures of the varsity & JV games here (by J.R.)
View pictures of the game here (by B.H.)