GENESEO, N.Y. - The SUNY Geneseo field hockey team survived a back-and-forth battle with Vassar College on Sunday, needing double overtime before pulling out a 3-2 win in Poughkeepsie. Lauren Rey's game winner in the 73rd minute keeps the Knights perfect at 3-0 on the season.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Vassar struck first just over five minutes in on a penalty stroke, taking a 1-0 lead into the second half.
- Geneseo evened the score late in the third quarter, as Aubree Wenner buried a feed from Kyra Giannelli to make it 1-1.
- The Knights took their first lead of the game midway through the fourth quarter off a penalty corner, when Ava Harman converted another Giannelli assist to put Geneseo ahead 2-1.
- Vassar answered right back, tying the game at 2-2 with a goal at the buzzer to force the extra session.
- Neither team could find the net in the first overtime period, but Geneseo broke through in the second OT, as Lauren Rey scored an unassisted goal at 72:21 to secure the 3-2 win.
- Giannelli finished with a pair of assists on Geneseo's first two goals, while Bridget Schafer made four saves in net to preserve the victory.
QUICK FACTS:
- Wenner, Harman, and Rey each scored a goal for Geneseo, with Giannelli picking up two assists.
- Schafer played all 72:21 in goal, allowing two goals on four saves to improve to 3-0.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Geneseo returns home to host William Smith College on Wednesday at 5 p.m.
