Double Overtime Heartbreak for No. 13 Field Hockey

Sunday, October 15

Ithaca, N.Y.

2 p.m.

Syracuse University

(9-5)

Cornell

(10-3)

Syracuse

Cornell

Double Overtime Heartbreak for No. 13 Field Hockey

10/15/2023 4:48:00 PM | Field Hockey

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ITHACA, N.Y. – After tying the game in the 52nd minute, No. 13 Syracuse University field hockey had its collective hearts broken in double overtime by a 2-1 count at No. 18 Cornell University.

Syracuse (9-5) picked up a goal in the 52nd minute from Hattie Madden at a cold, windy, and at times, rain-soaked Marsha Dodson Field. Pieke van de Pas sent in the tying assist. Abby Neitch made her first career start in goal, stopping four Cornell chances, including two in the second overtime period.

Cornell (10-3) had goals from Rease Coleman and Grace Leahy, the latter scoring the game-winner on a rebounded shot. Martha Broderick stopped five 'Cuse shots, including a pair of penalty strokes.

How it Happened

Deadlocked through the first 39 minutes of the game, Coleman scored on a tipped penalty corner shot from Caroline Ramsey in the 40th minute.
A dozen minutes later, the Orange leveled the game as van de Pas carried through the midfield before backhanding a cross into the scoring area. Broderick made a play on the ball, sailing the ball over her pad. Hattie Madden was waiting, slapping home the tying marker in the 52nd minute.
The Orange had their chances in overtime, earning two penalty corners in the first extra stanza, accruing one shot that did not find the back of the net.
In the second overtime, Cornell had back-to-back corner chances. Neitch made a blocker save on the first and hit the splits on the second corner, kicking the ball away from the goal. Leahy corralled the loose ball and converted a shot for the deciding goal in the 71st minute.

Behind the Numbers

Syracuse took 14 shots, putting six chances on goal. After an even first quarter, the Orange had a 4-0 shot advantage in the second period. In the final 40 minutes of the game, Syracuse managed eight chances while the Big Red had seven, taking three in the second overtime stanza.
Neitch, making her first career start for the Orange, stopped four Big Red chances with one in each of the first and third quarters, with two more coming early in the second overtime.
Penalty corners were even throughout, with either side taking six. Syracuse had two attempts in the first overtime, while the hosts had an equal number in the 50 seconds of action in double overtime.
The two teams split the in-season home-and-home series for 2023, with the home team winning each game. The Orange rallied past Cornell 4-2 in the Sept. 6 meeting at J.S. Coyne Stadium.

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