WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. – Graduate student Aidan Rossman converted the winner and junior goalkeeper Maddie George shined as No. 19 William & May notched a shootout victory in its Colonial Athletic Association opener at Monmouth on Friday afternoon.
 
After playing to a 1-1 stalemate through 80 minutes, the teams locked horns in an eight-round shootout. The Tribe (7-3, 1-0 CAA) jumped out to an early lead as senior Sally Snead and junior Jayden Moon converted and George stopped the opening three Hawk chances. The home team rallied with Monmouth goalkeeper Phileine Hazen stopping three-straight Tribe chances and the Hawks converting their final two to send the match to extra rounds.
 
Both teams converted in round six and the goalkeepers made stops a round later. In the eighth round of the shootout, George came off the line to knock the ball away from Meis Kengen to deny Monmouth's opportunity, her fifth stop of the shootout. Rossman stepped up and converted with a spin move to lift W&M to the 4-3 shootout win.
 
The Tribe jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the second quarter, converting on a penalty corner. Sophomore Pyper Friedman found Allison Goodwin in front of the cage, and the junior midfielder pushed it across for her third goal of the season. It was Friedman's team-leading fourth assist of the year.
 
Monmouth (3-6, 1-1 CAA) answered with a goal off a penalty corner of their own in the third quarter. Annick van Lange's hard shot from the top of the circle found the left-side boards in the 36th minute.
 
The Tribe turned up the pressure in the fourth quarter, but could not find the winner. W&M outshot the Hawks, 5-0, including putting four of those opportunities on goal. The best of those chances came off the stick of senior Lauren Curran in front in the 48th minute, but Hazen made the pad save.
 
George, who finished with five saves, came up big for W&M in the overtime periods. She made a save in each extra frame. The Tribe goalkeeper denied a late 1v1 chance from Monmouth in the first OT, before blocking a Colleen Craven deflected shot less than a minute into the second extra period.
 
Monmouth outshot the Tribe 11-10, but W&M put eight chances on goal compared to six for the Hawks. The Green and Gold generated six penalty corners, while MU had five.
 
Scoring Summary
17' | W&M – Allison Goodwin (Pyper Friedman)
36' | Monmouth – Annick van Lange (Meis Kengen/Bente Steenhorst)
80' | W&M - Shootout Goal
 
Starters
W&M - #1 George (GK), #3 Domovich, #5 Snead, #6 Rossman, #8 Friedman, #9 McGaughey, #12 Moon, #14 Billingham, #17 Miller, #21 Goodwin, #33 Curran
Monmouth – #1 Hazen, #3 Craven, #5 Kengen, #7 Steenhorst, #9 Boender, #11 Karlhuber, #12 Bloomstead, #17 Van Lange, #21 Yoder, #22 Tucker, #28 Ronning
 
Up Next
The Tribe continues its road trip, heading to No. 7-ranked Virginia on Sunday, Oct. 2, at 1 p.m. The match will be streamed on ACC Network Extra.