Madden and Moleti tie it up, Warriors win 8-7 in overtime
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | T | |
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Salve Regina (4-1) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
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Eastern Conn. St. (3-1) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
MANSFIELD, Conn. (Friday, March 8, 2024)-- In their first road game of the season Salve Regina trailed Eastern Connecticut State University 4-6 going into the fourth quarter, tying the contest at 7-7 to enter overtime. The Warriors broke the stalemate on a free position shot just 1:30 later which gave them the 8-7 win.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Eastern Connecticut State 8, Salve Regina 7
Records: Salve Regina (4-1,0-0 NEWMAC), Eastern Connecticut State (3-1,0-0 LEC)
Last matchup: Since the 2010 season the Seahawks were 3-4 against the Warriors going into the game. Tonight's result makes it 3-5. The last meeting on February 25, 2020, was a 14-11 loss for the Seahawks.
BREAKDOWN:
Seahawks' Alix Madden (from Samantha Moleti) was the first to strike, after Warriors' Jenna Mahoney received a green card. Madden's goal with a one-person advantage came in with just under two minutes to play in the first quarter. The Warriors commanded the second period with four goals which were counteracted by the Seahawks' two, made by Edie Threshie and Cameron Baston. It was a 4-3 game with the Warriors ahead by one going into halftime.
Kayli Garcia netted the first goal of the fourth period (from Edie Threshie). Threshie sent a long pass from beside the net over to Garcia who launched the ball, bouncing it on the tuff, beyond the diving Warriors' goalie. Following the Seahawk success, the Warriors found two more goals, both occurring with a one-person advantage on the field in the third quarter. Samantha Moleti's two goals and Alix Madden's game tying goal in the fourth quarter sent the Seahawks and Warriors into a sudden victory overtime period. However Eastern Connecticut State's Jessie Pyrek-Bennett provided a successful free position shot 1:30 into overtime, giving the Warriors the win.
NOTEWORTHY:
- Grace Haesche faced 22 shots and made 14 saves.
- Warriors' Mackenzie Brown made five stops on 12 shots.
- The Seahawks turned the ball over 22 to the Warriors 13 times.
- Eastern Connecticut State comes of a 23-8 win over Mount Holyoke College, a fellow NEWMAC contender who Salve Regina will see on Wednesday, April 17.
ON THE HORIZON:
The Seahawks next take on the Bridgewater State University Bears on Tuesday, March 12 at 6 p.m. in Bridgewater Massachusetts.