By Dillon Flanigan
Sports Editor
A Yellow Jacket is defended by midfielder Lindsay Onofrio, a freshman.
The university women’s field hockey team fell 3-2 to the American International College, AIC, Yellow Jackets, after a double-overtime shootout on Saturday, Sept. 21.
“I thought we played really hard. I think we played extremely well,” midfielder Lindsey Onofrio, a freshman said. “We had a lot of intensity coming into the game, but sometimes it just doesn’t work out in our favor.”
On Sept. 14, the Owls went on the road to play AIC, losing in regular overtime 1-0.
In this Saturday’s game, the Yellow Jackets jumped to an early 1-0 lead in the first quarter with a goal by forward Fenna Voll, as they held the Owls off the board in the first half.
There were several missed opportunities by both teams in the first half, as each goalkeeper collected four saves apiece.
“A lot of the things we just talked about those first touches, those lead passes, the spacing that we were trying to get,” Frassinelli said. “Then just the execution inside the circle for releasing those shots and getting those rebounds.”
Three minutes into the third quarter, forward Keana Criscuolo, a freshman, scored her second goal of the season, the first in the game.
Criscuolo was assisted by midfielder Trinidad Rodriguez Ricchiuti, a senior, and quickly tied the score at 1-1.
Six minutes later, AIC scored their second goal, taking a 2-1 lead.
It was not until late in the fourth quarter that the Owls tied the Yellow Jackets at 2-2 with a goal from Onofrio, the first of her career.
“Thanks to my teammates who did the work up front,” Onofrio said, “I kind of just trusted my instinct and went to the same spot that I usually go to, and I’m just happy it worked out in my favor.”
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