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Stoner's Late Goal Gives Penn State 3-2 Win at Princeton
September 14, 2003 | Field Hockey
Sept. 14, 2003
Final Stats
Neilye Stoner redirected a feed from Timarie Legel into the lower left corner of the Princeton net with just 1:23 remaining in regulation, giving No. 4 Penn State a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over No. 10 Princeton in a matchup of Top 10 field hockey teams at the Class of 1952 Stadium Sunday afternoon.
Stoner's game-winning goal came as a result of a penalty-corner situation. Heather Conroy fed the initial corner to Legel, who worked her way open in front and found Stoner behind the Tiger defense. Princeton (3-1), whose last loss came to Penn State in the 2002 NCAA quarterfinals, was unable to muster a scoring chance in the final minute.
?Penn State came out with a lot of intensity in the second half and really took over the momentum of the game,? said Princeton head coach Kristen Holmes-Winn. ?We did well to stick with our game plan and give ourselves a chance, but they capitalized in the end.? The Nittany Lions (5-1) outshot Princeton 10-3 in the final 35 minutes and had six penalty corners to just two for the Tigers but still trailed 2-1 after Lauren Ehrlichman scored for Princeton 5:45 into the second half. Penn State would even the game quickly, however, when Timarie Legel took a feed from Karin Grap and scored her second goal of the game five minutes after Ehrlichman's goal.
Princeton staved off one Penn State attempt to take a 3-2 lead when Conroy's penalty stroke shot was wide right with five minutes left in the game. The Tigers had already staved off another penalty stroke attempt late in the first half when goalie Allison Nemeth dove to her right to make a spectacular save on a Mary Schaefer shot and keep the game tied at 1-1 at halftime.
Cory Picketts gave Princeton a 1-0 lead 12 minutes into the game when she tipped a drive by Lizzie Black into the net on a penalty corner situation. Legel tied the game for Penn State with just under eight minutes left in the half, taking a pass from just beyond midfield and beating the Princeton defense to the goal.
Annie Zinkavich had three saves for fourth-ranked Penn State, which had been upset by unranked Lafayette in overtime on Saturday. Nemeth had four first-half saves and Juliana Simon three saves in the second half for No. 10 Princeton, which fell to Penn State for the third straight time.