ALBANY, N.Y. – Russell Sage College took visiting Hartwick, the defending Empire 8 Conference Champs, to overtime before falling 2-1 tonight at UAlbany.
In the extra session, the Hawks (7-1/3-0 E8), now sporting a 27-4 conference record since 2019, blitzed RSC, taking the first six shots.
The Gators (3-6/0-3 E8) countered and appeared to end the Hartwick E8 winning streak, currently at 15, with a bouncing goal into the back of the cage. However, the shot was ruled to be dangerous and the contest continued.
Off the restart, senior midfielder Julie Ruzzi, a two-time All-Region and All-E8 pick, went the other way and scored her second goal of the night to end it.
Midfielder Amy Stevens (Castle Creek, NY/Whitney Point), a grad student, recorded the lone RSC goal late in the third quarter, while sophomore goalkeeper Jaia Caron (Bellows Falls, VT/Bellows Falls Union) (Loss, 3-6) stopped 11 Hartwick shots. Tonight marked the seventh time this fall that Caron made double-digit saves.
The Gators, which were out-shot 27-1 and took only two corners compared to 14 for Hartwick, host Keuka on Saturday at 3:00 pm.
Notes: Forward Sara O'Connor (Rexford, NY/Niskayuna), a grad student, is the program record holder with 77 career points, on 32 goals and 13 assists...She holds program records for most points in a season with 42 in 2019…O'Connor scored four goals in the 12-0 win at Wells on September 28, the most by a Gator in a single game.…The trio of forward Alyssa Fitzgerald (Queensbury, NY/Queensbury), a grad student, O'Connor and Stevens are three of the program's top-five career scoring leaders.
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