ONEONTA, N.Y. – The Hawks scored five unanswered in the fourth to cut the Oneonta lead to five, but it was not enough, falling 21-15 in the Battle of the Hills.
 
THE BASICS
 

• Final Score: Hartwick 15, Oneonta 21
• Location: Oneonta, N.Y.
• Records: Hartwick (1-1 Overall, 0-0 Empire 8), Oneonta (1-1 Overall, 0-0 SUNYAC)

 
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
 

• Oneonta jumped on Hartwick with two goals early in the 1^st at the 13:20 mark and the 11:55 mark.
• Hanna Goodreau (North Reading, Mass.) put the Hawks on the board 44 seconds later.
• Unfortunately, the Red Dragons would go on to score five straight to end the 1^st.
• Hartwick opened the 2^nd with a free position goal by Ellie Masterpole (Syracuse, N.Y.) to make the score 7-2.
• Hartwick went on to score two more goals in the 2^nd, but Oneonta tallied four.
• The Red Dragons went on to extend their lead to 10 goals with 1:55 remaining in the 3^rd quarter to earn the running clock.
• Kristen Vaccarelli (Dix Hills, N.Y.) stopped the running clock with thirty seconds remaining in the quarter with an unassisted tally.
• The Hawks carried that momentum into the 4^th as Masterpole went on to score the first three of five-straight goals.  Vaccarelli and Elle Stringer (Rensselaer, N.Y.) tallied the other two to cut the Red Dragons' lead to just five.
• However, Oneonta was able to close the door on the Hawks' comeback, scoring two within one minute of each other down the stretch to ultimately take the 21-15 win.

 
UP NEXT FOR THE HAWKS
 
The Hawks turn their attention to another home contest against Bard on Wednesday, March 15 at 4 PM in Wright Stadium.
 
HARTWICK COLLEGE
 
One of the oldest colleges in the country, Hartwick has continually evolved for 225 years. The College's exciting new chapter is called FlightPath, a future-focused approach to education. Offering a distinctive blend of curricular, co-curricular and real-world work experiences, FlightPath builds on Hartwick's long history of integrating broad-based studies with experiential learning.
 
Hartwick College is a nationally ranked independent college of the arts and sciences located in picturesque Oneonta, NY, in the northern foothills of the Catskill Mountains. The College offers 35 courses of study leading to a bachelor of arts or bachelor of science degree, two master's degrees in the sciences, and a graduate certificate in nursing education. For more information, visit www.Hartwick.edu.