Box Score UTICA, NY (October 30, 2013) – The Utica College field hockey team lost an overtime thriller to visiting Oneonta State, 4-3, in non-conference play at Charles A. Gaetano Stadium Wednesday afternoon. Oneonta's Ashley Morgan netted the game-winner with 1:42 left in the first overtime to lift the Red Dragons past the Pioneers.

UC led 2-1 at the half, but found itself with a one goal deficit after allowing two goals in less than a three minute span early in the second half. Utica junior Louise Steele-Norton (Avondale, PA/Millbrook School) sent the contest to overtime when she scored her 14th goal of the season with 3:04 to go in regulation.

The Pioneers snapped a five game winning streak and moved their record to 13-4 on the year, while the Red Dragons improved to 12-6 overall.

UC took a 1-0 lead in the 10th minute of the contest when sophomore Colleen Dowling (Fairport, NY/Fairport) netted her fifth goal of the year off a penalty corner pass from Angela Charles (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool). The Red Dragons responded just over a minute later when Kelcy Forbragd scored her 14th goal of the season to knot the score at 1-1 in the 11th minute.

UC's Hannah Mackey (Locke, NY/Moravia Central) put the Pioneers back on top 2-1 when she scored her 14th of the season to give the Pioneers' a one goal lead headed into the half.

Oneonta's Andrea Day and Erin Butler led the Red Dragon charge in the second half as they each netted a goal in a three minute span to put the visitors back in the driver's seat, 3-2, with less than 17 minutes to go in regulation.

Steele-Norton's game-tying goal with 3:04 to go was assisted by junior classmate Alaina Stojkovski (Liverpool, NY/Cicero-North Syracuse) as the Pioneers forced an overtime frame.

Each goalie played well in overtime with UC's Kells Casey (Sandwich, MA/Kimball Union Academy) stopping four shots and Oneonta's Krista Servedio stopping two of her own in the extra time. However, Red Dragon senior Ashley Morgan worked her way through three Pioneer defenders and pushed home her fifth goal of the season with 1:42 left in the overtime period to give the visitors the victory.

Casey stopped eight shots total in the cage for UC, while Krista Servedio and Tess Tracy split time in net for the Red Dragons. Servedio came in at halftime and stopped five shots in 48:18 of work. Tracy made three saves in the first half for Oneonta.

Each team totaled 14 shots, but the Red Dragons earned a 6-3 advantage in the shot category in overtime. UC earned a 10-7 advantage in penalty corners, with both teams totaling two penalty corners in the overtime frame.

Utica, which has locked up the No. 2 seed in the Empire 8 Conference Tournament at Stevens Institute of Technology next weekend, will close out regular season play on senior day at Charles A. Gaetano Stadium on Saturday as the Pioneers play host to Brockport. Game time is scheduled for 1 p.m.