No. 7 New Haven Squeezes Past Rollins in OT
from press release
WINTER PARK, Fla. – Junior Katy Tyszko knotted the
score at 13 with 47 seconds remaining in regulation, sending the
game into overtime. But Rollins (3-3) was unable to come out ahead
as a goal from seventh-ranked University of New Haven's Sarah
LaGoff with 32 seconds to go in OT pushed the Chargers (1-0) to a
16-15 victory over the Tars.
After falling into a six goal deficit in the beginning of the
second period, Rollins used a late second half explosion in the
final seven minutes of regulation to even the score and send the
showdown in extra periods.
Tyszko led the Tars with four goals and an assist on the evening
for five points overall. Joining her on the scoreboard was senior
Marissa Giannerini, with four key goals of her own to keep Rollins
in contention. Tori Snow netted a hat trick, while Liz Connelly
notched two goals and two assists on the night.
Rounding out the goal count for the Tars were Erica Pagliarulo and
Sophie Townsend with one apiece, with Sarah Ann Showell dishing out
an assist on a Snow goal early in the first half.
Pagliarulo and Snow led the game in draw controls, with six and
four, respectively. Three Tars collected four ground balls each as
Snow, Allyssa Emens, and Laura Wilkin got the job done on lose ball
opportunities. Defensively, the Tars caused 12 turnovers, with
Pagliarulo racking up three, and Emens and Snow causing two
apiece.
Emens set aside seven shots on the day, including five in the first
half, as she saw a total of 30 shots and 23 shots on goal. Her
counterpart, Maureen Spellman, held the Tars at bay with 15 saves,
including 10 in the second half to keep the Chargers in contention
after the Rollins comeback bid late in the game.
The Chargers were headed up by Ashley Ferrandiz, who tallied five
goals and two assists to lead the contest in overall points. Behind
Ferrandiz, Natalie Lieberman and Laura McLean each notched a hat
trick, while LaGoff and Sarah Magnone placed two balls each in the
cage. Carolina Marrero closed out the goal scoring for UNH with
one, while LaGoff assisted on two to total four points in their
season opener.
The first half saw plenty of action, with a quick lead change and
the score tied twice early in the game. The Chargers never led by
more than two as the Tars went goal-for-goal throughout the first
30 minutes of action. A late goal from Giannerini with four seconds
to go before the half pulled the Tars back to within one, with a
score of 6-5 as the teams entered into the break.
UNH fired first in the second half with a goal from Marrero on a
free position attempt to pull back to a two goal advantage, but
Pagliarulo ripped an unassisted goal seven minutes later to pull
back to one with a score of 7-6 on the board with 20:43 on the
clock.
Pagliarulo's goal gave Giannerini the chance to even the playing
field a minute later, as she placed a ball past Spellman to put the
score at 7-7 with 19:56 to go in regulation. But the Chargers found
their footing with a goal from Lieberman off of a LaGoff feed to
pull ahead 8-7 with 17:27 on the clock.
Lieberman's goal started a six goal run from UNH over the ensuing
ten minutes, placing Rollins in a six goal deficit with a score of
13-7 with 7:41 remaining in regulation. But Giannerini kicked the
Tars into high gear, igniting a six goal comeback sprint over the
course of six and a half minutes, including Tyszko's game tying
free position shot with 47 seconds in regulation to send the
contest to overtime action.
UNH got on the board first in the ensuing three minute overtime
with a goal from Lieberman with 1:13 to go, but the Tars answered
back less than a minute later with a good free position shot from
Sophie Townsend with 33 seconds before the final overtime
period.
The Chargers outscored Rollins 2-1 in the concluding three minutes,
including LaGoff's final goal with 32 seconds left. The Tars didn't
give up without a fight in the final seconds of play as they won
the final draw and kept New Haven on their toes with a shot from
Giannerini, and a final opportunity with six seconds on the clock
as Snow ran the ball in from the eight meter for a final
attempt.
The Tars led the game in draw controls 18-16, and stayed in
contention with the nationally ranked Chargers in shots 38-30, as
well as ground balls as UNH led the game 36-31. The Tars shut down
the Chargers on seven of 11 free position opportunities, and caused
12 turnovers on the evening.
Rollins returns to action in their final home game of the regular
season on Saturday, March 20, when they host Pfeiffer University.
Game time is set for noon at Showalter Field in Winter Park. Fans
who cannot make it to the game can catch all of the action live on
the Tars Sports Network at RollinsSports.com.
