ONEONTA, N.Y. -- The SUNY Oneonta field hockey team returned home from a four-game road trip and defeated Misericordia University, 1-0, Wednesday afternoon on All College Field. Both defenses turned it into a game of chess and shut down the others' offensive attack throughout the day. Sophomore
Alexandra Howell (Holtsville, N.Y./Sachem East) scored the game-winner in the second period for the Red Dragons to improve to 5-3 this season, while the Cougars dropped to 2-5 overall.
Howell recorded the game-winning goal off a penalty corner at 25:46. Sophomore
Abigail Draper (Remsen, NY/Holland Patent) hit the ball out to graduate student
Erin Clark (Somers, N.Y./Somers) at the top of the shooting circle. Clark passed it to the left to graduate student
Michaela Maniscalco (Northport, N.Y./Northport) for a shot that went straight off Howell's stick and redirected into the right side of the cage. The goal was Howell's team-high sixth of the season and it was Maniscalco's second assist this year.
Senior
Caitlyn Caulfield (Albany, N.Y./Guilderland) had a clutch defensive save to keep Oneonta ahead at 41:47 in the third period off a Misericordia penalty corner. Junior
Maura Leib (East Syracuse, N.Y./East Syracuse Minoa) recorded four saves and kept the cage empty for the Red Dragons as she recorded her second shutout of the season. The Cougars' keeper, Sarah Bogina, finished with four saves.
Oneonta had a 6-5 advantage in shots on goal, while Misericordia had a 5-4 edge in penalty corners.
The Red Dragons' next match is on Saturday, September 28, in Mahwah, NJ as they take on Ramapo College at 4 pm.
