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Events -> Championship Results -> Field Hockey 2006
2007 PSAC Field Hockey Championship IUP— Brittany Owens recorded her second game-winning goal in as many days as IUP downed Bloomsburg 4-3 in overtime to claim the first PSAC field hockey championship in school history. The Crimson Hawks lost leads of 2-0 and 3-2 before prevailing in the first overtime period when Owens took a feed from Barbara Heemelaar and put it past Bloomsburg goalkeeper Allison Ziants with 12:27 expired in the period. Owens also scored the game winner in a 1-0 victory over Shippensburg in the semifinals on Friday with a goal with 19.9 seconds remaining in regulation. Owens also assisted on the first IUP goal against Bloomsburg and was named the tournament MVP. The Crimson Hawks won their first conference title in their third trip to the championship game. Bloomsburg was in its seventh straight final and was seeking its 15th league crown. Despite allowing three goals in the second half, IUP goalkeeper Lydia Dolly also registered 21 saves to deny the Huskies on several good scoring opportunities. Bloomsburg held a 27-20 edge in shots and took 16 penalty corners to only five for the Crimson Hawks. Ziants made seven saves for the Huskies. IUP seemed to be on its way to its third victory without a loss against Bloomsburg this season, jumping out to a 2-0 lead in the first half. Liz Martini scored her team-leading 16th goal of the year, assisted by Owens, and Wendy Strohl tipped in a shot by Kellen Yoder for her third goal to put the Crimson Hawks in front by two with 13:17 left before intermission. But the Huskies were not about to relinquish their conference title without a battle, scoring twice in the opening 13:25 of the second half to create a 2-2 tie. Ashley Heckard and Chelsea Due scored the goals and also had assists on the other’s goal. IUP took the lead back four minutes later on a goal by Heemelaar, her sixth of the year, assisted by Liz Marosky. But again Bloomsburg battled back to tie the game, with Heckard’s second goal of the game and 24th of the season making it 3-3 with 7:37 left. Due added her second assist of the game on the tying tally. Playing six-on-six in the sudden death overtime, IUP finally took a lead the Huskies couldn’t overcome when Heemelaar made a perfect feed to Owens, who easily put the ball past Ziants for her seventh goal of the season and giving the Crimson Hawks the conference title. SCORING SUMMARY: |