TOWSON, Md. – The William & Mary field hockey team suffered its first conference loss of the season with a 2-1 setback in overtime at Towson on Sunday afternoon.
Kathryn Parkinson scored the game-winner off an assist from Hannah McKeon with 1:38 remaining in the first overtime session. Parkinson's goal came on the Tigers' (3-10, 1-3) lone shot of the extra session.
The Tribe (2-8, 2-1) controlled much of the overtime period and earned four penalty corners while totaling seven shots, five of which were on goal.
Despite the final result, W&M outshot the Tigers, 24-4, including a 15-3 margin on goal, and owned a 16-0 advantage in penalty corners.
After TU got on the scoreboard first with a goal by Sarah Hatfield off an assist from Elizabeth Harper in the 45th minute, W&M quickly answered a few minutes later. Sophomore
Jayden Moon provided the equalizer in the 50th minute with her first career goal. The Spotsylvania, Va., native secured a rebound in front of the goal off a save by Lena VanDam on a penalty corner shot by junior
Audrey Domovich and fired past the Towson goalie into the right side of the boards.
Senior
Cara Menges posted a team-high six shots, three coming on goal, while freshman
Pyper Friedman totaled four shots, including three on goal.
Although the loss snapped W&M's nine-game winning streak against Towson, the Tribe controls the all-time series, 27-4-1.
W&M Starters – #1 George (GK), #2 Schuma, #3 Domovich, #4 Saunders, #5 Snead, #8 Friedman, #9 McGaughey, #12 Moon, #14 Billingham, #20 Menges, #33 Curran
TU Starters – #99 Vandam (GK), #3 Bubel, #5 Harper, #10 Ho, #11 McKeon, #14 Parkinson, #15 Beachley, #18 King, #19 Tillman, #24 Florenzo, #34 Antone
Scoring Summary
45' | TU – Sarah Hatfield (Elizabeth Harper)
50' | W&M –
Jayden Moon
69' | TU – Kathryn Parkinson (Hannah McKeon)
Up Next
The Tribe will continue its conference slate with a pair of road games next weekend when it squares off against Drexel (Friday, 4 p.m.) and Delaware (Sunday, noon).
