Lyons Nip Owls in Double OT, 2-1

WESTFIELD, Mass.  –  Mount Holyoke's Diane Lee (Boston, Mass./Brookline) stole a pass in the second overtime and split a pair of Owls defenders to net the game winning goal with 3:49 left in a 2-1 win over Westfield State in a marathon field hockey battle between the two schools.

Lee's tally was the difference after more than 76 minutes of play, 43 shots, 12 corners and 22 saves.

MHC improves to 3-1 on the season while Westfield State is now 2-2.

The Owls got on the board first when Sadie Stauffer (Suffield, Conn.) fed a ball into the middle of the circle, where Kaleigh Murphy redirected it to Erin Murphy at the right post for the goal and a 1-0 Owls lead 7:01 into the contest.

Mount Holyoke anwered 10 minutes later when MJ Owens (Fairfield, Conn.) knocked home a feed from Lee.

From there the two teams played to stalemate for the next two quarters and an overtime.

Westfield survived 13 penalty corners from the Lyons, including three straight late in regulation, several stopped by Lee Gould (Southborough, Mass./Algonquin) as one of the Westfield fliers on the defensive corner.

Olivia Labrie (Southampton, Mass./Hampshire Regional) made 13 saves for Westfield, which was out-shot 24-19 and out penalty-cornered 13-2 in the game.

Rachel Katzenberg (Reisterstown, Md.) made nine saves for the Lyons, including three in the first overtime to force the extra session and set up Lee's game-winner.  Westfield started the first over time down two players for the first minute after both had received cards late in regulation.

Westfield will be back in action on Saturday, hitting the road to face Roger Williams in another non-conference matchup.