GENESEO, N.Y. – The No. 5-seeded St. John Fisher field hockey team (9-10) pushed top-seeded SUNY Geneseo (15-3) to overtime before falling 3-2 in the Empire 8 Conference Championship Semifinals on Wednesday evening at College Stadium. The Knights will face Hartwick (12-5) in the conference championship game on Saturday.
How It Happened
Halle Senfield gave Geneseo a 1-0 lead at 3:26 of the first quarter. Junior attacker Avery McLaughlin tied it with 32 seconds left in the period, scoring off an assist from freshman defender Maggie Gocella.
Ava Harman put the Knights back in front 2-1 midway through the second quarter, and the score held into halftime.
In the third quarter, Fisher's defense held off four Geneseo penalty corners in less than three minutes. Gocella then tied the game 2-2 at the 10:04 mark, with junior midfielder Sydney Byrns earning credit for the assist.
Junior goalkeeper Morgan Parrinello made three saves in the fourth quarter to force overtime. In the extra period, Senfield scored off a feed from Harman to send the Knights to the conference title game for the third year in a row.
Game Notes
- Parrinello finished with 12 saves, one shy of her season high.
- Gocella matched her season high with three points on a goal and an assist.
- McLaughlin scored her 11th goal of the year.
