Elmira & Fisher Edged On The Road; Houghton Falls at Home
Wilkes 5, ELMIRA 4
Despite holding a 2-0 lead early in the game, the Elmira College field hockey team (1-12) fell to Wilkes University (5-8), 5-4 .
Alli Gilbert '16 led the Soaring Eagles with two goals in today's action, while
Julie Hockenberger '18 stopped 16 shots.
The score was deadlocked at 0-0 until the 15th minute of play when
Sarah McCaffrey '18 capitalized on a penalty stroke opportunity which was awarded after Gilbert was taken down on a breakaway. About 10 minutes later,
Alison Mariano '18 and Gilbert found themselves on a two-on-none breakaway chance. Marino carried the ball down the field and passed across to Gilbert who was near the back post. Gilbert buried the one-timer behind the Colonels netminder to take a 2-0 advantage. With less than five minutes left in the first half, however, Wilkes would cut the EC women's lead in half as a hard hit shot slipped into the Elmira cage to make it a 2-1 game heading into halftime.
The Colonels tied the game up at 2-2 just 6:56 into the second half with a hard hit ball from the top of the arc.
Emma Miklinski '17 gave the Soaring Eagles the lead once again after netting her first goal of the season in the 50th minute. Wilkes fired back with three unanswered goals to take a 5-3 lead in only 10 minutes of play. Gilbert would net her second goal of the game after finding a pass from Milinski to cut the Colonels' to 5-4 with 8:46 left in regulation time. The Purple and Gold ran out time before netting a game-tying goal as the EC women fell, 5-4.
St. Lawrence 5, ST. JOHN FISHER 4
The St. John Fisher College field hockey team saw their comeback attempt against host St. Lawrence University fall just short Tuesday as the Cardinals fell 5-4, snapping a three game winning streak. Fisher fought its way back from being down 5-1, however it was unable to find the equalizer late in the game.
With the loss, Fisher falls to 9-4 overall, while St. Lawrence moves to 5-8.
The host Saints jumped out to an early 2-0 lead after 13 minutes of play. Fisher would cut the lead to just one as
Elizabeth Cusack put home a rebound for her twelfth goal of the season.
St. Lawrence added another tally before half to go up 3-1 at the break.
Utilizing their momentum after the first half, St. Lawrence continued to put pressure on the Fisher defense, finding the back of the net two more times within the first 10 minutes of the second half to take a commanding 5-1 lead.
The Cardinals, however, had a rally in them as
Alexis Zakala,
Stacie Skidmore, and
Emily Markarian each scored in under a 10 minute span to cut the Saints lead to just one, 5-4.
Zakala started the rally for Fisher scoring off a penalty corner, with the assist credited to Skidmore.
Skidmore got on the board herself in the 57
th minute, taking the ball in on goal from quarter field and snapping a shot past the Saints goalie. The senior has now recorded a point in each of the last six games.
Markarian continued her hot streak as well cashing in on good passing from the Fisher offense, capped off with an assist to
Courtney Wittmeyer. The freshman forward now has six goals in the last three games for Fisher.
The Cardinals kept pushing and had a solid scoring opportunity with :15 second remaining but
Caitlin Allen saw her shot turned aside.
Danielle Famolaro made eight saves in net for the Cardinals.
FDU-Florham 5, HOUGHTON 0
Houghton College field hockey fell at home 5-0 to Fairleigh Dickinson University at Florham on Tuesday.
The Devils scored four times in the first half and added another goal in the second half.
The Highlanders, were outshot 15-1, getting their only shot of the contest in the 58th minute.
Elizabeth Piszker made seven stops in net.