Pineau scores in overtime, Seahawks defeat Golden Bears 2-1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | T | |
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Salve Regina (10-5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Western New Eng. (13-4) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
SPRINGFIELD, Mass.-- Freshman midfielder Jordyn Pineau lead the Salve Regina field hockey team to a 2-1 victory over Western New England University Thursday night with a game winning goal at 2:57 into overtime.
It took the Seahawks and the Golden Bears until the third quarter for anyone to emerge on top. Western New England's Kayla Antonelli scored her first goal of the season with 40 seconds to go in the third period. This put the Seahawks down 1-0 with only one quarter left to go in the contest. Salve Regina needed an athlete to step up, and it was sophomore forward Georgia Costello who did just that after scoring an unassisted goal with just ten minutes to go in regulation. This was Costello's nineth goal of the season.
Senior forward Shannon Kennedy got the overtime period going with a shot 50 seconds into the action. Western New England's Taya Buntin attempted to put the Golden Bears ahead but Junior Goalkeeper Bryn Protheroe made the save two minutes into the period. Pineau took a shot from the bottom left corner and Golden Bear's goalkeeper Ella Henry was unable to prevent the ball, ricocheting off Pineau's stick, from entering the net and ending the game.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Salve Regina 2, Western New England 1
Records: Salve Regina (10-5), Western New England (13-4)
All-Time Series: Going into the game the Seahawks were 16-10 against the Golden Bears. The last clash in 2022 was a 6-2 win for Western New England.
NOTEWORTHY:
- Over the course of the matchup the Seahawks took six shots on goal and the Golden Bears had 12 shots on goal.
- Two of Salve Regina's shots on goal came from the first period, none came from the second period and three came from the third period. The Seahawks had one shot on goal in each of the remaining periods.
- Salve Regina had four penalty corners and Western New England had seven.
- Both Bryn Protheroe and Ella Henry remained in-net for the full 60 minutes in regulation and 2:57 of overtime.
THOUGHTS FROM COACH FOSTER:
"I'm very proud of how our team played tonight, we stuck to our game plan and let the game come to us. It's a great momentum boost going into our last regular season conference game."
ON THE HORIZON:
Saturday, October 28 is the last game of the regular season for the Seahawks. The 1 p.m. matchup features Salve Regina and Massachusetts Institute of Technology on the Engineers home turf.