Allison Beardsley scored 4:30 into sudden death overtime to give the University of Rochester a 2-1 field hockey victory over Morrisville State at Edwin Fauver Stadium on Friday.
Beardsley had both goals for the Yellowjackets. She equalized in the 63rd minute, then netted the gamewinner less than five minutes into the extra period. She has 10 goals and eight assists for 28 points this year.
Jamie Anderson scored the Morrisville goal. It came off a penalty corner and against the run of play. The guests took the 1-0 lead at 54:03.
Rochester outshot Morrisville, 28-3, and earned 18 penalty corners to three for the visitors. Rochester goaltender Madison Wagner made two saves. Morrisville's Kelsey Pellegrino had 15 saves.
Both teams are .500 after the match. Morrisville is 8-8, Rochester 9-9. The Yellowjackets close the regular season on Saturday at 2 pm against SUNY Brockport.
Morrisville earned a penalty corner just shy of the midway point of the second half. Lauren Bordonaro inserted the ball from the left (attacking) side. It boucned around before Anderson settled it, then whistled a low shot inside the near post as Wagner came off the line.
The Yellowjackets got even on a PC of their own. Anisha Gundewar inserted the ball. It bounced free before Anna Dobrzynski settled it. She passed it from the right side of the circle to the left side when Beardsley drove it home at 62:34.
In the six-on-six OT, Rochester's Katie Flaschner played the ball in from the right sideline. Beardsley, running hard to the right portion of the circle, got to it, turned and lined a shot that deflected off a defender and just above the woodwork in the left side of the Morrisville cage.