WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — The William & Mary field hockey team dropped a heartbreaker James Madison, 3-2, on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
The Tribe and Dukes battled through a downpour in a back-and-forth affair at Busch Field in Williamsburg. After the Tribe (2-8, 1-1 CAA) equalized early in the fourth quarter before the Dukes (4-6, 3-1 MAC) netted the game-winner with 31 seconds remaining.
Samantha Daly provided the early goal to put W&M in front and
Hailey Haynes sent home the equalizer in the final frame tying for her team-leading third goal of the season.
Josie Mae Gruendel and
Callia Uviedo,
Daly,
Ava Rossman and Mackenzie Brown all tied for a team-high two shots. Goalkeeper
Alexandra de Jesus made seven stops, her highest mark since a personal best 19 saves in the season opener at then-No. 6 Duke on Aug. 28.
In the opening frame, Daly finished inside feed from Uviedo to lift the Tribe to a 1-0 advantage at the 7:19 mark in the first quarter. W&M went into the break clinging onto a one goal lead in Williamsburg.
In the third quarter, the Dukes added a pair of goals courtesy of a brace from Azul Covarrubias to gain control. De Jesus kept the deficit at just a single goal making multiple highlight reel saves in the third stanza.
In the fourth quarter, Gruendel fed Haynes off the penalty corner to level the scoreline at the 49:48 mark. As the two sides continued to battle down the stretch, JMU engineered the decisive moment in the waning seconds of the contest. Diede Donders found Avery Ruckman in front of the goal to regain the lead at the 59:29 mark and hole on for the victory.
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The Tribe will return to conference action and continue its four-game homestand when it welcomes Fairfield on Friday at 5 p.m.
