ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Overtime Goal Gives 10th-Ranked Messiah 3-2 Victory Over Elizabethtown
ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Lindsey Hunter scored her second goal of the match 6:13 into overtime as 10th-ranked Messiah College defeated Elizabethtown College 3-2 in Commonwealth Conference field hockey action at Wolf Field on Tuesday afternoon.
Hunter batted home the second of two shots by Beth Sandowich as the Falcons (10-4 overall, 2-1 Commonwealth) overcame a 1-0 halftime deficit to take a 2-1 lead, only to see junior Megan Angstadt (Oley, PA/Oley Valley) force overtime with her second goal of the day with 18:23 remaining in regulation.
The Blue Jays (11-6 overall, 2-1 Commonwealth) took a 1-0 lead with 9:40 left in the first half as Angstadt scored her eighth goal of the season off a pass from first-year student Julie Foster (Reading, PA/Oley Valley).
Messiah tied the game 6:46 into the second half on a goal by Elizabeth Ziegler, and went ahead 2-1 on Hunter's first goal of the day with 23:45 left on an assist by Nikki Bailey.
Angstadt knotted the match with her ninth goal of the season midway through the second half, and the Falcons defended a Blue Jay penalty corner with no time remaining to force overtime.
Messiah finished with a 15-4 advantage in shots and a 17-6 edge in penalty corners over Elizabethtown.
First-year student Laura Ressler (Media, PA/Delaware County Christian) finished with nine saves for the Blue Jays, while Ashley Mowery made four stops for the Falcons.
Messiah (10-4, 2-1) vs. Elizabethtown (11-6, 2-1)
Goals by period 1 2 OT Tot
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Messiah College..... 0 2 1 - 3
Elizabethtown Coll.. 1 1 0 - 2
SCORING SUMMARY:
1. 25:20 ETOWN Megan Angstadt (Julie Foster)
2. 41:46 MESS Elizabeth Ziegler (unassisted)
3. 46:15 MESS Lindsey Hunter (Nikki Bailey)
4. 51:37 ETOWN Megan Angstadt (unassisted)
5. 76:13 MESS Lindsey Hunter (Beth Sandowich)
Shots: Messiah 15, Elizabethtown 6
Corners: Messiah 17, Elizabethtown 6
Saves: Messiah 4 (Ashley Mowery 4), Elizabethtown 9 (Laura Ressler 9)