Wilkes-Barre, PA (October 11)
In a MAC Freedom contest that turned into a double overtime thriller,
Dominique Rodriguez (Pittsgrove, NJ) knocked in the game-winner for the FDU-Florham Field Hockey as they were victorious on the road at King's, 4-3 on Wednesday night.
Records: FDU-Florham (5-7, 1-1 MAC Freedom) King's (3-11, 0-2 MAC Freedom)
Location: McCarthy Stadium (Wilkes-Barre, PA)
FDU Goal Scorers: Dominique Rodriguez (4),
Allie Serio (2),
Julianna Medina (5)
FDU-Florham took the early lead at the 3:44 mark after a save rebounded off King's goalie, Grace Venis and Rodriguez was able to find the ball and put it into the back of the cage, making the score 1-0. King's quickly tied the score at the 5:00 timestamp, 1-1, when Ashley Thalassinos sent the ball down the middle to Shaylee Heffron who fired in the shot.
During the second period at the 27:25 mark, off a penalty corner from
Megan Surgent (Wall, NJ), Allie Serio (Scotch Plains, NJ) was able to find the back of the cage, allowing the Devils to take back the lead, 2-1. The Monarchs answered back a few minutes later with a goal from Emma Clark, tying the game 2-2
King's took the 3-2 lead at the 36-minute mark when Emma Bealla assisted a goal to Hannah Chocallo.
The Devils outshot the Monarchs in the fourth period, 4-2, and were eventually able to capitalize when
Julianna Medina (Linwood, NJ) notched her fifth goal of the season. At the 50-minute mark,
Morgan Keller (Toms River, NJ) passed the ball to Medina at the top of the arc, who fired a shot passed the goalie tying the game 3-3.
During the second overtime period, off another penalty corner from Surgent, Rodriguez was able to seal the Conference win for the Devils off a pass from Keller for the 4-3 final.
Goalkeeper
Emily Schlessinger (Asbury, NJ) faced a total of five shots during the contest and saved two of them.
FDU-Florham will be traveling to compete against Delaware Valley University for their next MAC Freedom Conference matchup. The contest will be held on Friday, October 13
th, in Doylestown, PA at 7:00 pm.