Muneses’ OT Goal Lifts No. 17 Field Hockey Over the Maroons

Box Score SALEM, Va. – The No. 17 Washington and Lee University box hockey workforce defeated Roanoke College 2-1 in Old Dominion Athletic Conference motion on Wednesday afternoon. 

The Generals (10-2, 3-1 ODAC) scored in the thirtieth minute and the 63rd minute (62:32 OT)  to convey down the Maroons (11-7, 5-1) who driven the contest into overtime with a lone purpose in the fourth quarter. 

The opening stanza held scoreless and place used to be just about break up via the first part till the Generals broke open the scoring with 42 seconds left on the clock. 

Following a couple of RC fouls, Kailey Fitzgerald (Chevy Chase, Md./ Georgetown (*17*))
 discovered Peyton Tysinger (Norfolk, Va./ Norfolk Academy) off a snappy restart for the Blue and White. Tysinger despatched her shot previous the house squad’s protection to boost WLU up 1-0 heading into the ruin.

Roanoke’s again line bunkered down in the 3rd quarter and did not permit Washington and Lee to document a shot. 

The Maroons evened up the ranking in the fourth quarter and took merit on a penalty nook at the 46 minute mark. Hope Keller inserted the ball and Mary Wisher discovered the again of the internet from a Martha Hurley feed to ship the contest into additional time. 

Through law, Roanoke had a 9-3 merit in corners and a slight edge in pictures 9-7. Four of W&L’s pictures have been on purpose. 

Just two and a part mins into the additional time duration, a primary for Washington and Lee this season, Tess Muneses (Howard County, Md./ Glenwood) secured the win for the Generals with an unassisted tally. 

The reigning ODAC Player of the Year carried the ball from midfield to the proper facet of the scoring circle. Her dribble pulled the goalie out from an fantastic place and despatched the ball to the some distance put up for the game-winner. 

Abby Long (Kansas City, Mo. / Pembroke Hill) made 5 stops to earn the win in purpose for the Generals. 

Final: W&L, 9 vs Ferrum, 1 | Continuation from October 10.

Washington and Lee stayed on the turf at Donald J. Kerr Stadium after the finishing touch of the contest in opposition to Roanoke to renew the suspended pageant that used to be at first began on Monday, October 10. 

The Blue and White (11-2, 4-1 ODAC) scored the preliminary 3 objectives of the contest in the first quarter of play 10 days in the past ahead of conceding a purpose to the Panthers (4-10, 0-5) at 9:01. 

The Generals would ranking 5 extra instances on Monday night time ahead of the recreation used to be suspended with 6:54 on the clock in the 3rd quarter because of an damage  

The 7th purpose, a Betty Boatwright (Washington, D.C./ Georgetown (*17*)) tally, used to be assisted by way of Muneses at 35:37. The level ensured sole-possession of the Washington and Lee all-time assists document with 25 in 60 contests for the Blue and White. The help and compiled statistics for the recreation weren’t deemed reputable till the finishing touch of the contest.

Muneses shared the identify with Kendall Korte ’07 with 24 occupation assists for 5 immediately contests after matching the earlier document on September 25, in opposition to Mary Washington.

The 8th purpose used to be scored by way of Tysinger, her 2d of the contest, and used to be the closing play ahead of the recreation used to be referred to as for the night time and the ranking sat at 8-1 in desire of the Generals. 

At Kerr Stadium, the two groups completed out the remainder of the contest so as to have the contest depend towards ODAC standings with event seeding implications.

Alexis Parks (Arlington, Va. / Washington-Lee) scored the most effective purpose for both workforce, an unassisted tally at the 43:38 mark to make the ranking 9-1. 

Boatwright and Park matched Tysinger’s purpose output with two a work and Freddie Tobeason (New York, N.Y./ Groton) notched two assists ahead of the pause.
 

Up Next: 

The Blue and White proceed their highway stretch with a Saturday contest at Randolph-Macon at 4 p.m.  

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