Houghton Wins 1-0; Rest of E8 has Tough Night

10/30/2013 9:02:00 PM

Houghton 1, Brockport 0 (Box Score)
The Houghton Field Hockey team earned a very exciting victory against the Golden Eagles of SUNY Brockport, beating them 1-0.

The Highlanders had just two shots-on-goal, both by Senior Maesa Phongsamouth. It was in the 12^th minute of the second half when one of Phongsamouth's shots was accounted for as a goal. This success on a scoring opportunity turned out to be the winning goal for the Highlanders. Senior Marissa Meassick received the credit for assisting Phongsamouth's 11^thgoal of the season; Meassick's 2^nd assist of the season.

In the efforts of the Highlanders keeping the lead, there were numerous contributors on the defensive game. The Golden Eagles had 9 shot-on-goal opportunities, but were unsuccessful in all of them. Goalie Emily Thompson was responsible for 5 of the saves. The other failed attempts to score were a result of defensive saves by three Highlanders. Phongsamouth was responsible for 2 saves while both Kelsie Ashley and Hannah Zgrablich were responsible for 1 save each. Zgrablich's crucial save was made in the last minute of the game.

Head Coach Rachael Snelgrove shows great pride in her team's victory, "Our girls played a smart possession game today. They perfectly executed one of our corners, which lead to our winning goal. We had standout performances tonight including our keeper Emily Thompson who held strong in our defensive circle."

Skidmore 3, Hartwick 0
Despite trailing #14 Skidmore 1-0 at the half, the Hartwick field hockey team hung with the Thoroughbreds but ultimately fell by the score of 3-0 on Wednesday afternoon at Wright Stadium. The loss drops the Hawks to 5-12 while Skidmore improves to 14-3 on the season.

Skidmore was granted a penalty corner 1:03 into the game. The Thoroughbreds quickly got on the scoreboard just nine seconds later when Becca Halter tucked in a pass from Krista Lamoreaux into the left post to give Skidmore the early 1-0 lead.

Skidmore outshot the Hawks 9-2 in the first period but the 'Wick defense was firm as it prevented the Thoroughbreds from increasing their lead. Hartwick goalie Shannon Carter stopped five shots to keep the Hawks in the game.

The second half was a different story as Hartwick was held without a shot or a penalty corner. It was a still a 1-0 contest for over 15 minutes of the period until Lamereaux's goal at 50:23 gave Skidmore a 2-0 lead. The score remained 2-0 for nearly 16 minutes until 66:11 when Alex Hagney scored her fourth goal of the season to make it 3-0.

Carter ended the game with 10 saves in the cage for her fifth double-digt save performance. Haley McDougall had one save for the Thoroughbreds.

Skidmore finished with a 22-2 advantage in shots and 16-3 edge in penalty corners. Sarah Ryan  and Hiliary Carlson had both of Hartwick's shots.

Oneonta 4, Utica 3
The Utica College field hockey team lost an overtime thriller to visiting Oneonta State, 4-3, in non-conference play at Charles A. Gaetano Stadium Wednesday afternoon. Oneonta's Ashley Morgan netted the game-winner with 1:42 left in the first overtime to lift the Red Dragons past the Pioneers.

UC led 2-1 at the half, but found itself with a one goal deficit after allowing two goals in less than a three minute span early in the second half. Utica junior Louise Steele-Norton sent the contest to overtime when she scored her 14th goal of the season with 3:04 to go in regulation. 

The Pioneers snapped a five game winning streak and moved their record to 13-4 on the year, while the Red Dragons improved to 12-6 overall. 

UC took a 1-0 lead in the 10th minute of the contest when sophomore Colleen Dowling netted her fifth goal of the year off a penalty corner pass from Angela Charles. The Red Dragons responded just over a minute later when Kelcy Forbragd scored her 14th goal of the season to knot the score at 1-1 in the 11th minute. 

UC's Hannah Mackey put the Pioneers back on top 2-1 when she scored her 14th of the season to give the Pioneers' a one goal lead headed into the half.

Oneonta's Andrea Day and Erin Butler led the Red Dragon charge in the second half as they each netted a goal in a three minute span to put the visitors back in the driver's seat, 3-2, with less than 17 minutes to go in regulation. 

Steele-Norton's game-tying goal with 3:04 to go was assisted by junior classmate Alaina Stojkovski as the Pioneers forced an overtime frame. 

Each goalie played well in overtime with UC's Kells Casey stopping four shots and Oneonta's Krista Servedio stopping two of her own in the extra time. However, Red Dragon senior Ashley Morgan worked her way through three Pioneer defenders and pushed home her fifth goal of the season with 1:42 left in the overtime period to give the visitors the victory.

Casey stopped eight shots total in the cage for UC, while Krista Servedio and Tess Tracy split time in net for the Red Dragons. Servedio came in at halftime and stopped five shots in 48:18 of work. Tracy made three saves in the first half for Oneonta.

Each team totaled 14 shots, but the Red Dragons earned a 6-3 advantage in the shot category in overtime. UC earned a 10-7 advantage in penalty corners, with both teams totaling two penalty corners in the overtime frame. 


Geneseo 5, St. John FIsher 2
The St. John Fisher College field hockey team started quickly but could not hold on to its lead, falling 5-2 to visiting SUNY Geneseo Wednesday night at Growney Stadium.

With the loss Fisher drops to 8-9 on the season, while Geneseo improves to 11-6.

The first half featured a breakneck pace with both teams creating quality scoring opportunities.  Fisher found the back of the net just over a minute into the game as Marissa Vedella found Elizabeth Cusack for her eighth goal of the season.

Cusack repaid the favor to Vedella just ten minutes later in front of the net to put the Cardinals up 2-0.

Geneseo responded with three goals of its own to close out the half and take a 3-2 lead into the break.

The second half of play was very evenly matched until the Knights scored back-to-back goals with under five minutes to play to seal the victory.

Geneseo outshot Fisher 30-18 in the game.

Danielle Famolaro finished the game with 11 saves for the Cardinals.


William Smith 7, Nazareth 0
Taylor Cappello scored three goals and Margaret McConnell added two goals Wednesday for 11th-ranked William Smith as the Herons scored a 7-0 victory over visiting Nazareth in a non-conference field hockey match.

The Herons scored three times in the first half and four times in the second to improve to 13-3 overall. Nazareth dropped its seventh straight game and fell to 4-13 overall. The Golden Flyers close out their season Saturday with an Empire 8 Conference road game at Washington & Jefferson at 1 p.m.

Cappello scored the first two goals of the game and Alessandra Patrizio also scored to give the Herons a commanding lead in the first half. McConnell's first goal came just :52 into the second half. She scored again with less than six minutes left. In between, the Herons got goals from Cappello -- her team-leading 14th -- and Sarah Tompson.

William Smith had a whopping 34-4 advantage in shots and an 18-4 edge in penalty corners. Seniors Haley Potter and Sarah Wazenkewitz each had two shots. Senior Hannah Weitzel had three defensive saves. Junior Shannon Winney was in goal for Nazareth for all 70 minutes and had 15 saves.