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Field Hockey Moravian Athletic Communications

Greyhounds Top Elizabethtown in Double Overtime to Advance to Landmark Conference Semifinals

BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- The fourth seeded Moravian University field hockey squad needed a little over 14 minutes of extra play to earn a 2-1, double overtime victory over fifth seed Elizabethtown College in the Landmark Conference Tournament First Round Saturday at John Makuvek Field to advance to the Semifinals.

How It Happened

  • After a scoreless first quarter, the Greyhounds got onto the scoreboard first as junior forward Sydney Anderson knocked in a pass from senior defender Jenna Segrave 
  • The score would remain 1-0 for the Blue & Grey through the remainder of the second quarter and all of the third quarter
  • Elizabethtown knotted the score at 1-1 nearly six minutes into the fourth quarter
  • Neither squad was able to score in the first 7-on-7, 10-minute overtime
  • Anderson netted the game-winner 4:16 into the second overtime session off a pass from senior defender Onalee Long
  • Moravian will be making its third straight appearance in the Landmark Conference Semifinals 

Inside the Numbers

  • Anderson's two goals give her four for the season and 31 in her career to go along with eight game-winning goals in three season with two this fall. Anderson moved into a tie for fourth all-time at Moravian with 31 career goals, and her 71 career points rank fifth in school history
  • Segrave earned her third assist of the season and fourth of her career with the Blue & Grey while Long notched her fourth assist of 2023 and ninth of her career
  • Freshman goalie Maia Machado recorded four saves in her ninth win of the season
  • The Hounds had 28-7 edge in shots and a 25-2 advantage in penalty corners

Up Next for the Greyhounds

  • Wednesday, November 1 at Susquehanna University in Landmark Conference Tournament Semifinal, 7:00 p.m.