#8 CORTLAND TOPS #16 ST. LAWRENCE IN OT

Oct. 24: Sophomore forward Jackie Plunkett scored her second goal of the day with 1:56 to go in the first overtime period to lift SUNY Cortland to a 2-1 win over St. Lawrence University in a battle between nationally ranked field hockey teams on SLU’s North Country Field Wednesday afternoon.

Plunkett got a step on a Saint defender with the teams playing seven against seven in the overtime period and walked in on Saint senior goalie Lindsey Taylor, putting a shot past Taylor and into the left side of the goal to give the Red Dragons the win. Cortland, ranked eighth nationally, improves to 15-2 while the 16 th-ranked Saints saw a six game win streak come to an end and are now 12-3 with a final regular season game against Geneseo to play on Saturday.

Cortland outshot the Saints 29-14, but both teams played solid defense in the circles and minimized scoring opportunities. Taylor made six of her 12 saves in the first half as the two teams were scoreless at the intermission with Cortland holding a 11-5 overall shot edge.

Plunkett opened the scoring with 23:51 to go in regulation time when she tucked the ball past Taylor from point blank range after a pretty setup pass by Erika Salls in the goal mouth.

Saint defender Jen Stetson kept Cortland from adding to its lead when she made a defensive save on a shot by Cortland scoring leader Kayla Chambers with under nine minutes to play and Red Dragon goalie Stacy Billings came up with a big save on Saint forward Joss-Elyse Smith with 4:08 to play.

SLU tied the game with just 24 seconds to go as Smith scored her fifth of the year, putting her own rebound behind Billings after a stop at the post.

Cortland had a chance to win it with no time left on the clock, but the Saints turned the Dragons away on a penalty corner try to send the game into overtime.

Both teams had chances in the overtime with Billings making a big save on Smith early in the extra period and Taylor coming up with two stops on Cortland shots before Plunkett ended the game.

Cortland had 12 penalty corners to three for the Saints and Billings finished with five saves to improve to 15-2 on the season. Taylor had 12 saves and is 12-3 on the year.

SAINTS EARN NATIONAL, LEAGUE HONORS

Oct. 23: Sophomore defender Jen Stetson and first year forward Meg Danielson were selected as national Player

Jen Stetson

Meg Danielson

Kristi Onzik

of the Week and Rookie of the Week by the national web site Womens Field Hockey.com and were joined by first year forward Kristi Onzik in earning league awards.

The Saints moved up to 16th in the nation in the NFHCA poll and will take on 8th-ranked Cortland on Wednesday on North Country FIeld.

Stetson, who assisted on a goal in the Saints 4-3 win over 7 th-ranked Middlebury and scored a goal in a 2-1 win at Union to go with four defensive saves in a 3-0 week for the Saints was named www.womensfieldhockey.com’s Division III Player of the Week and was named as Liberty League co-Defensive Player of the Week. The sophomore back from Bristol, VT has four goals and an assist as she moves up from her defensive position to play on the Saints’ penalty corner unit and has also taken two penalty strokes this season. She leads the team in defensive saves with eight as the Saints have matched the best regular season record in program history at 12-2.

Danielson, from Shelburne, VT, was the www.womensfieldhockey.com Division III Rookie of the Week and the Liberty League co-Offensive Player of the Week. She scored two goals in the win over Middlebury, including the game winner off a penalty corner with no time remaining on the clock. She assisted on the game-winning goal at Union and scored a goal in a 2-1 win at 16 th ranked Skidmore to finish the week with three goals and two assists. She is the leading scorer for the Saints with seven goals and three assists in 14 games.

Onzik, who is from Delafield, WI, was named Liberty League Rookie of the Week after three solid performances in the 3-0 week which included a goal and an assist on the game winner in the Middlebury game.

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