Box Score
Four different players scored today as the Oneonta State field hockey team got the best of visiting St. Lawrence 4-3. The Red Dragons held a 25-13 advantage in shots and a 9-5 edge in penalty corners as they begin the season 2-0 for a second straight year.
Oneonta jumped all over the Saints in the first 12 minutes of action recording eight shots and four corners while play stayed in St. Lawrence's defensive end of the field. The Red Dragons finally broke through when junior
Megan Warning (Lake Peeksill/Putnam Valley) (Lake Peekskill/Putnam Valley) controlled a rebound of a
Suzanne Wright (Hudson/Germantown Central) (Hudson/Germantown Central) shot. Warning, who scored three goals yesterday in Oneonta's 6-2 win versus Southern Maine, was waiting on the back post after inserting the ball on Oneonta's fourth corner of the game.
In the 23rd minute of play, the Saints gained a bit of momentum and generated some scoring opportunities where they were able to tie the score at 22:54. Freshman Carly Stine (S. Burlington, VT/S. Burlington) was able to redirect a shot by senior Emily Riley (Saratoga Springs/Saratoga Springs) past Oneonta goalie
Tess Tracy (Liverpool/Liverpool) (Liverpool/Liverpool).
The two teams went into halftime deadlocked at 1 apiece, but Oneonta held a 12-4 advantage in shots.
The Red Dragons struck for back-to-back goals just four minutes apart in the first 12 minutes of the second half. Freshman
Andrea Day (Greene/Greene) (Greene/Greene) scored her second goal in as many days on a shot from the top of the circle that made it between Nicole Matos' (Greenwich, CT/Greenwich) legs.
Junior
Ashley Johnson (Saratoga Springs/Saratoga Springs) (Saratoga Springs/Saratoga Springs) then scored an unassisted goal four minutes later on a beautiful reverse stick shot that found the back of the goal to give Oneonta a 3-1 lead.
The Saints didn't quit and pulled back to within one goal in the 53rd minute on an unassisted goal by freshman Ali Ferenczy (Williamsville/Williamsville South).
Oneonta scored an insurance goal in the 68th minute when junior
Ashley Morgan (Putnam Valley/Putnam Valley) (Putnam Valley/Putnam Valley) scored on a penalty corner off an assist from
Stephanie Fiske (Marathon/Marathon) (Marathon/Marathon).
Riley scored one final goal for the Saints with four-tenths of a second remaining in the contest to make the score 4-3.
Tracy finished the game with five saves while Matos registered 15 stops including a handful off point blank range.
Oneonta will be home again next Saturday afternoon versus William Smith beginning at 2:00 p.m.
Goals by period 1 2 Tot
St. Lawrence........ 1 2 - 3
Oneonta State....... 1 3 - 4
SCORING SUMMARY:
1. 11:15 ONEFH
Megan Warning (Lake Peeksill/Putnam Valley) (4) (unassisted) - goal off rebound
2. 22:54 SLU Carly Stine (2) (Emily Riley) - tip in play
3. 43:06 ONEFH
Andrea Day (Greene/Greene) (1) (unassisted) - shot from top of circle through goalie's legs
4. 47:07 ONEFH
Ashley Johnson (Saratoga Springs/Saratoga Springs) (1) (unassisted) - reverse stick shot
5. 52:58 SLU Ashley Ferenczy (1) (unassisted) - goal on the backside post
6. 67:30 ONEFH
Ashley Morgan (Putnam Valley/Putnam Valley) (2) (
Stephanie Fiske (Marathon/Marathon)) - goal off corner
7. 69:56 SLU Emily Riley (unassisted)
Shots: St. Lawrence 13, Oneonta State 25
Saves: St. Lawrence 15 (Nicole Matos 15), Oneonta State 5 (
Tess Tracy (Liverpool/Liverpool) 5)
