Generals work overtime for 3-2 win over McDaniel

WESTMINSTER, Md. – Kelly Tran had a hand in all three Washington and Lee goals, leading her team to a 3-2 overtime win at McDaniel in non-conference field hockey action on Saturday.

Tran scored her second goal of the day 5:23 into the first extra session to give the Generals (2-1) a victory in the first of their two weekend games against Centennial Conference competition.

Four different players tallied points for the Green Terror (2-4), including a Kaitlin Boerman (Pasadena, Md./Chesapeake) goal with 15:40 to play to force overtime.

Tran found Lindsey Edmonds midway through the first half for a 1-0 lead.

Trailing by the same margin at the break, Danielle DeColli (Mt. Airy, Md./South Carroll) redirected a Katie Jones (Westminster, Md./Winters Mill) shot off a penalty corner in the 41st minute to even the game.

Tran responded nearly two minutes later off an Emmy Mathews assist to give her team the lead once again.

Sarah Meszler (Herkimer, N.Y./Herkimer) found Boerman in the 55th minute for the equalizer once again.

The Green Terror finished with a 16-11 advantage in shots and 9-5 edge in penalty corners.

McDaniel returns to action at home against Eastern Mennonite on Saturday. Game time is 5:30 p.m.

Score by Period                                                1            2            OT            -            F
Washington and Lee (2-1)                                    1            1            1            -            3
McDaniel (2-4)                                                            0            2            0            -            2

Scoring Summary:
W – Lindsey Edmonds (Kelly Tran), 14:23
M – Danielle DeColli (Katie Jones), 40:15
W – Tran (Emmy Mathews), 42:12
M – Kaitlin Boerman (Sarah Meszler), 54:20
W – Tran (Christina Benedetti), 80:23

Shots: W 11, M 16. Penalty Corners: W 5, M 9. Saves: W 4 (Caroline Sutherland 2, 0 GA, 35:00; Kirsten Kyne 2, 2 GA, 45:23), M 0 (Stephanie Thomson).

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