MIDDLETOWN, Pa. - Penn State Harrisburg's field hockey team dropped an overtime heartbreaker to Elizabethtown, falling 2-1 in the extra session on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 19.
Bailey Rucker converted the lone goal of the day for Penn State Harrisburg (4-3) and Anna Moyer added an assist. Goalkeepers Nisa Kece and Ace Lewis each made a stop, while Sara Yeselavage added a defensive save.
The Blue Jays (4-2) got on the board first with a deflected goal late in the first quarter but the Lions (4-3) responded with aggression in the second period, earning six penalty corners during the frame. Penn State Harrisburg finally broke through when Rucker finished off an Anna Moyer shot with a deflection that found the back of the cage following a corner insertion from Sadie Cook.
The home team had plenty of penalty corner chances the rest of the way, finishing with 10, but couldn't convert the go-ahead score in regulation. Etown had a chance to end things as time expired in the fourth quarter when Hailey Meyer broke away for a 1-v-1 opportunity but Lewis made a massive save with three seconds left before Yeselavage made a clutch defensive save with one second left to force OT.
With the field widened in extra time, the Blue Jays took advantage when Hannah Long broke away and found a streaking Sara Watson who got around a defender and found the back of the cage to end the game in the 62nd minute.
NOTABLES
- Rucker's goal was her third of the fall, tying Astrid Comp for the team lead.
- Moyer's assist was her first point of the season.
- The Lions finished with a sizable 10-3 advantage in penalty corners.
- Kece and Lewis each made one save.
- Yeselavage made her first defensive save of the season.
WHO'S NEXT?
The Lions host Neumann for another non-conference tilt on Tuesday afternoon.
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