Box Score
For the first 64 minutes of today's non-conference field hockey contest between SUNY Oneonta and Scranton, it was all Oneonta. But in the final six minutes, it was all Scranton, as they erased a two-goal deficit with three unanswered goals to steal a 3-2 win. The loss for the Red Dragons was its third straight and drops them to 7-5 overall while the Royals move to 9-3 overall on the season.
Oneonta finished the game with 25 shots to 10 for the Royals and were in complete control. Junior
Ashley Morgan (Putnam Valley/Putnam Valley) took the opening draw for Oneonta and went right to the goal and put a reverse stick shot by the Scranton goalie for a 1-0 lead just 17 seconds into today's game.
Oneonta took its one-goal lead into halftime and added a second goal in the 42nd minute. Senior
Ashley Johnson (Saratoga Springs/Saratoga Springs) dribbled right into the circle and lifted one past the goalie. It was Johnson's sixth goal of the season.
With time winding down, senior Gretchen Kempf scored her team-leading 11th goal of the season to cut Oneonta's lead in half. Kempf was on the post and was able to get her stick on a redirected shot off the stick freshman Alyssa Whitman off a penalty corner.
Less than 90 seconds later, sophomore Alyssa Fania got the equalizer for the Royals, as she dribbled into the circle and cleared herself for a shot, which found its way to the back of the goal.
Just when the game appeared to be headed for overtime, Kempf took the ball down the left side and into the circle where she made a perfect crossing pass. Waiting on the other side was Fania, who stuck the ball just inside the right post for the game-winner with 12 seconds remaining in regulation.
Scranton goalie Maria Begliomini made seven saves in picking up her fifth win of the season. Oneonta goalie
Tess Tracy (Liverpool/Liverpool) made four stops in the game.
Oneonta will take to the road on Saturday, as they play at Ithaca beginning at 1pm.
