PINE VALLEY, NY – Sophomore Rebecca Reilly (Riverhead, NY/Riverhead) scored twice and classmate Sarah Ryan (Saratoga Springs, NY/Saratoga Springs) added the game-winner with 2:05 remaining in the game as Hartwick's field hockey team edged Elmira 3-2 on Sunday at the Murray Athletic Center. The victory for the Hawks is their first in the Empire 8 Conference this season and snaps a five-game winless streak.
           
All of the day's scoring came in a 25-minute window in the second half. The Soaring Eagles would battle back to tie the score twice until Ryan's clincher.
           
The first half saw only eight shots in total. Hartwick's lone shot came roughly six minutes in from Maxine Dunn (Peterborough, NH/ConVal) but it was saved by EC keeper Julie Hockenberger.  Hartwick goalie Yanna Boggio (Amherst, NY/Amherst) made all three saves on the Soaring Eagles' three shots on target.
           
Reilly broke the ice 7:53 into the second half, scoring on a rebound. It marked her second tally of the season.
           
Just 2:51 later, the Purple and Gold tied it on a Kourtny Schwerdtman goal. She finished off a pass from teammate Julia Derco.
           
Less than seven minutes after EC evened the match, Reilly put the Hawks in front once again with an unassisted goal at 52:06. But just under eight minutes later, the two sides were deadlocked once again as Katie Carroll registered an unassisted tally.
           
The match remained 2-2 for the next eight minutes with overtime looming after the Hawks battled through nearly 100 minutes yesterday against Washington & Jefferson. But Ryan came through with the big goal to finish the Soaring Eagles off with her third tally of the season at the 67:55 mark.
           
Elmira earned a pair of penalty corners in the final minute and got a shot off but Boggio was there to stop it for the last of her 12 saves on the day.
             
The Hawks improve to 15-3 against Elmira all-time. They have now won 10 straight against the Soaring Eagles.
           
Hartwick is off for the next six days when it returns to Empire 8 play. The Hawks travel to Houghton on Saturday, October 18 at 3 p.m.