ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Elizabethtown Wins Fifth Straight With 2-1 Overtime Victory over King's
ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- First-year student Liz DeMatteis (Newark, DE/St. Mark's) scored midway through the first overtime period to give Elizabethtown College a 2-1 victory over King's College in non-conference field hockey action at Wolf Field on Wednesday afternoon.
The goal by DeMatteis, her fourth of the season, came with 6:16 left in the first overtime period as she batted home a pass by sophomore Brenna Noon (Wyomissing, PA/Wyomissing) to give the Blue Jays (7-3 overall) their fifth consecutive victory.
King's (5-3 overall), which dropped its third straight after winning its first five matches of the year, had tied the game just 1:12 into the second half as Megan Farrell scored off an assist by Grace King.
The Blue Jays had taken a 1-0 lead with 14:40 left in the first half as junior Alison Duval (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) scored her second goal of the season as she took a long shot off a corner by junior Megan Angstadt (Oley, PA/Oley Valley).
Elizabethtown finished with a 19-6 edge in shots over the Lady Monarchs, including a 15-3 advantage in the first half, and took 16 penalty corners to three by King's.
Sophomore Liz Hannegan (Lancaster, PA/McCaskey) turned aside four shots in goal for the Blue Jays while Kari Leach made 12 stops for King's.
King's (5-3) vs. Elizabethtown (7-3)
Goals by period 1 2 OT Tot
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King's College...... 0 1 0 - 1
Elizabethtown Coll.. 1 0 1 - 2
SCORING SUMMARY:
1. 20:20 ETOWN Alison Duval (Megan Angstadt)
2. 36:12 KINGS Megan Farrell (Grace King)
3. 78:44 ETOWN Liz DeMatteis (Brenna Noon)
Shots: King's 6, Elizabethtown 19
Corners: King's 3, Elizabethtown 16
Saves: King's 12 (Kari Leach 12), Elizabethtown 4 (Liz Hannegan 4)