ONEONTA, N.Y. – The Hartwick College field hockey team dropped a 2-1 overtime decision to No. 10-ranked Cortland Wednesday afternoon at Wright Stadium. The Hawks held an early lead against the nationally ranked Red Dragons before Cortland tied the game in the third quarter and scored the game-winner in overtime.
The Red Dragons are ranked 10
th in the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Poll.
Junior
Ava Reynolds (South Glens Falls, N.Y./South Glens Falls) turned in a strong performance in goal, finishing with 22 saves against Cortland's offensive pressure, a new career-high for the reigning Empire 8 Goalkeeper of the Year. Reynolds made eight saves in the opening quarter and added six more in the third to help keep Hartwick in the game. Junior
Kayla Kinkel (Hopewell Junction, N.Y./John Jay) scored Hartwick's lone goal, giving the Hawks an early 1-0 advantage in the first quarter. Senior
Hope Angioletti (Hopewell Junction, N.Y./John Jay) assisted on the goal.
Cortland finished with a 35-6 advantage in shots and a 24-4 edge in shots on goal. The Red Dragons also earned 14 penalty corners compared to five for Hartwick, while Reynolds' 22 saves kept the Hawks within reach throughout regulation.
With the loss, Hartwick moves to 7-5 overall, while Cortland improves to 10-1. The Hawks are next in action on Saturday, Oct. 17, when they host Oswego State for Senior Day at Wright Stadium.
Hartwick opened the scoring at 8:46 in the first quarter when Kinkel finished a play set up by Angioletti. Angioletti sent a long pass up to Kinkel in the shooting circle, where the senior forward was all alone just in front of the cage for a one-on-one with Cortland's goalkeeper. With the goalie on her back, Kinkel was able to spin to her left and put the ball just past the goalkeeper's outstretched left leg for her fifth goal of the season.
The Hawks carried the 1-0 lead into halftime before Cortland's Tori Peterson tied the game just 33 seconds into the third quarter off an assist from Olivia Specht. Neither team found the back of the cage in the fourth quarter, sending the game to overtime. Despite the big advantage in shots throughout the game, the Hawks put up an excellent attack in the fourth quarter, earning four of their five corners as they had several opportunities to take the lead in regulation.
Reynolds made two saves in the extra period, but Peterson once again scored, this time at 61:07, to give Cortland the 2-1 victory.
