ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY
Friday, October 6, 2006
View pictures of the game here.
Nationally 13th-Ranked Elizabethtown Edges 17th-Ranked King’s (Pa.) 4-3 in Overtime
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College, which is currently ranked 13th in the nation by the National Field Hockey Coaches’ Association (NFHCA) staved off a rally by 17th-ranked King’s College (Pa.) to win 4-3 in overtime on the road Friday and improve to 10-1 overall. King’s dropped to 10-1 overall with the loss, its first of the season.
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Jen Pechart '07 scored twice against King's. |
The game actually began Wednesday, but it was suspended due to lightning early in the second half with Elizabethtown leading 2-0. Meg Policicchio (Topton, PA/Brandywine Heights) scored Elizabethtown’s first goal Wednesday, and Jen Pechart (Hanover, PA/Delone Catholic) added Elizabethtown’s second goal Wednesday off an assist by Brandy Spriggle (Beaver Springs, PA/West Snyder).
On Friday, Pechart added another goal for Elizabethtown off an assist by Policicchio with 19 minutes left in the second half to give the Blue Jays a seemingly solid 3-0 lead. King’s began a rally at 15:39 left as Megan Farrell scored off a Sarah McGrady assist to cut Etown’s lead to 3-1. At 13:40 remaining in the second half, King’s cut the gap to 3-2 when Christina Glen scored off a Grace King assist. A Debbie Wychock goal assisted by Glenn for King’s tied the score at 3-3 with 12:12 left in regulation time. The game remained knotted as the second half expired. With 12:36 left on the clock in overtime, Spriggle scored the game-winning goal off a Megan Angstadt (Oley, PA/Oley Valley) assist. Spriggle redirected Angstadt’s cross pass into the goal.
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Brandy Spriggle '07 scored the OT game-winner and assisted another goal. |
King’s out-shot Elizabethtown 15-13 over the course of the game and 10-5 in the second half, and the host Monarchs held a 13-6 advantage in penalty corners. Elizabethtown, however, had an 11-9 advantage in shots on goal. Etown goalie Kristen Callaghan (Langhorne, PA/Neshaminy) made six saves, while King’s goalie Kari Leach had seven saves.
Elizabethtown will return to action on the road Saturday, October 7 at Philadelphia Biblical University in a 1:00 p.m. non-conference game.
at Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
#13 Elizabethtown 4, #17 King’s (Pa.) 3 (OT)
Goals by period 1 2 OT Tot
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Elizabethtown Coll.. 1 2 1 - 4
King's College...... 0 3 0 - 3
SCORING SUMMARY:
1. 3:23 ETOWN Policicchio, Meg (unassisted)
2. 30:05 ETOWN Pechart, Jen (Spriggle, Brandy)
3. 19:00 ETOWN Pechart, Jen (Policicchio, Meg)
4. 15:39 KINGSFH Megan Farrell (Sarah McGrady)
5. 13:40 KINGSFH Christina Glenn (Grace King)
6. 12:12 KINGSFH Debbie Wychock (Christina Glenn)
7. 12:36 ETOWN Spriggle, Brandy (Angstadt, Megan)
Shots: Elizabethtown Coll. 13, King's College 15
Saves: Elizabethtown Coll. 6 (Callaghan, Kristen 6), King's College 7 (Kari Leach 7)