MORRISVILLE, NY – On Tuesday, Hartwick field hockey head coach
Anna Meyer hit the 300-win mark for her coaching career as the Hawks defeated Morrisville State in double overtime by a final score of 3-2 at Drake Field in Morrisville, NY.
Claudia Stone (Akron, NY/Akron) scored with 3:23 left in the second overtime off a penalty corner to lift the Hawks to the victory. The Hawks had led by a 2-0 margin in the second half.
Meyer joins a distinguished list of only 13 other Division III coaches and 33 coaches in all three divisions (I, II, and III) to have won 300 games all-time.
A pair of goals by
Sarah Ryan (Saratoga Springs, NY/Saratoga Springs) 8:05 apart handed the Hawks a 2-0 lead just fifteen minutes into the contest.
Courtney Coons (Wilton, NY/South Glens Falls) would earn an assist on the first tally and Stone was credited for setting up the second.
Eight minutes, 21 seconds into the second half, the Mustangs cut the deficit to one when Emily Goldstein tallied off a Lauren Kellum assist. The game remained tied for the next eighteen minutes until Allyson Flurer even the match with a goal with only 8:21 left in regulation.
Stone would end the game just over three minutes before penalty strokes ensued. It marked her second goal of the season and she now leads the squad with five points.
Hartwick fired 48 shots to Morrisville's 20 for the game. The Hawks also had an advantage in corners, 14-8.
Shannon Carter (Falls Church, VA/J.E.B. Stuart) made 12 saves in the game. Morrisville's Liz Leva kept the Mustangs in the contest with 25 saves.
In her 28 seasons at the helm, Meyer has coached multiple All-Americans and dozens of all-region players. Her teams have qualified for the NCAA Tournament seven times, including two trips to the NCAA Final Four and an appearance in the 1996 NCAA Division III National Championship game. Meyer was named NCAA Division III National Field Hockey Coach of the Year by the NFHCA in 1996 and is one of only a handful of coaches to be named National Coach of the Year in multiple sports after earning the distinction in lacrosse in 1998.