IMMACULATA, Pa. –
Juliana Sanchez pushes Widener field hockey to first overtime game with fourth quarter goal.
Following the loss, the Pride fall to 2-5 and still await the first MAC Commonwealth meeting of the season.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Juliana Sanchez scores only Pride goal late in the fourth.
- Margaret Howe-Consiglio takes nearly half the team shots with four being on cage.
- Olivia Deysher adds an assist to her season stats.
- The Pride hammer 17 shots with nine on cage.
- The Blue and Gold offense earn 15 corners to the Mighty Macs' one.
HOW IT HAPPENED AGAINST IMMACULATA
- The Pride opened with a quick shot from Sanchez that was just wide of the cage. Lilly Rejrat added a save later on in the period.
- Meredith Marsteller earned the Pride their first penalty corner of the game with 17:41 on the clock in the second. Howe-Consiglio took a shot that hit the post and then added another quick shot that was saved. Rejrat added two more saves.
- Marsteller opened the third with two more penalty corners with shots being taken left and right from the attacking Pride.
- Hungry for a goal, Sanchez tied the game at one late in the fourth to push the game to overtime after numerous attempts from Howe-Consiglio, Deysher, and Maddie Hoyer.
- A short OT period ends in a shot that snuck past Rejrat as the Pride fall 2-1.
UP NEXT
Widener returns to the field on Tuesday, Sep. 26 in Galloway, N.J. to take on the Stockton Ospreys. Game time is set for 1 p.m.
