Garden City, N.Y. - The Adelphi University field hockey team battled No. 5 West Chester University into overtime on Sunday afternoon, ultimately falling 2-1 at Motamed Field. The Panthers erased a one-goal deficit in the fourth quarter behind Kristi Santos' first goal of the season before coming up short in overtime.
Series History:
- Adelphi falls to 0-10 all-time against West Chester.
- The Panthers' most recent matchup against the Golden Rams (9/17/25) ended in a 4-1 loss.
Highlights:
- Santos scored her first goal of the season and the first of her Adelphi career.
- Caroline Beakes picked up the assist on Santos' fourth-quarter equalizer.
- Lana Mignon De Wet led the Panthers with five shots.
- Izzy Leclair registered three shots, all of which were on goal.
- Tayla Szmak played all 67 minutes in the cage for Adelphi, making seven saves.
- The two sides finished even with 16 shots apiece, while West Chester held a 9-7 advantage in shots on goal.
How It Happened:
- Adelphi generated the first opportunities of the afternoon, with Santos and De Wet each recording a shot within the opening three minutes.
- The Panthers and Golden Rams remained scoreless through the opening 15 minutes, despite West Chester earning five penalty corners in the first quarter.
- West Chester broke the scoreless tie just 1:31 into the second quarter. After Szmak made back-to-back saves following a pair of penalty corners, Sofia Brown found the back of the cage to give the visitors a 1-0 advantage.
- The Golden Rams continued to apply pressure throughout the second quarter, but Szmak kept Adelphi within one, making four saves in the period.
- Adelphi generated a late opportunity before halftime, as Leclair put a shot on goal following a penalty corner, but West Chester goalkeeper Erin O'Brien made the save to preserve the 1-0 advantage at the break.
- Both defenses held strong in the third quarter, with neither side finding the back of the cage. Szmak made another save for the Panthers, while O'Brien denied Leclair late in the period.
- The Brown and Gold came out aggressive in the fourth quarter, generating six shots over the final 15 minutes.
- Adelphi's pressure paid off in the 52nd minute. Following back-to-back penalty corners and three consecutive shots on goal, Santos found the back of the cage off an assist from Beakes to even the score at 1-1.
- Neither side was able to break the tie over the final nine minutes of regulation, sending the Panthers to overtime for the first time this season.
- De Wet generated Adelphi's lone shot of the extra period, but her attempt was blocked.
- West Chester earned a penalty corner with 2:42 remaining in the first overtime period. Five seconds later, the Golden Rams secured the 2-1 victory, getting past Szmak with a deep strike from just inside the shooting circle to end the Cats' upset bid.
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