The SUNY Oneonta field hockey team traveled quite a distance for its game today against Bates College, but a pair of second half goals lifted the Red Dragons to a come-from-behind victory over the Bobcats, 3-2, to make the journey worth it.  Today, it was the continued offensive output of senior Andrea Day (Greene/Greene) and sophomore Bailee Barrett (Camden/Camden) who carried Oneonta (7-5) to the win.  The two combined to score all three goals while adding one assist each.
 
Bates opened the scoring at the three-minute mark after earning a penalty corner.  Sydney Cowles inserted the ball to Jillian Conway, who fired a shot from the top of the circle that deflected off the stick on Oneonta goalie Tess Tracy (Liverpool/Liverpool).
 
In the 15^th minute, Bailee scored her first of the game when she got her stick on a shot by Day that snuck past the Bates goalie.
 
An unassisted goal in the 31^st minute by Shannon Beaton gave Bates a 2-1 advantage that they would carry into the break.  The Bobcats outshot Oneonta 8-2 in the opening stanza while earning four penalty corners and conceding only one to the Red Dragons.
 
Barrett and Day combined once again to even the score at two apiece in the 48^th minute.  Day sent a pass across the front of the goal where Bailee finished it off with a shot on the back post that hit the back of the goal.
 
Day would score the eventual game-winner in the 57^th minute, as she finished off a break with a shot to the back of the goal.  Classmate Kelcy Forbragd (Camden/Camden) made a rush into the circle and passed it over to Day at the right of the circle before getting a shot off that bounced past the goalie.  For Day, it was her team-leading 11^th goal of the season.
 
Tracy made five saves in goal to pick up her sixth win of the season.
 
Oneonta hosts New Paltz this coming Wednesday in a key SUNYAC game for seeding in the tournament.  The game is slated to begin at 4pm.