Uniondale, N.Y. - Despite leading 2-0 headed into the final 15 minutes, the field hockey team fell to the Spartans of St. Thomas Aquinas, 3-2, in overtime. The loss sets the Lions at 1-8 on the season and 0-5 in Northeast-10 Conference play while STAC improves to 3-5 (2-2 NE10) with the victory.

How it Happened

• Clemence Papleux got the first shot of the game off, but junior Kayla Monique Lipscomb made the save.
• The Lions carried the ball up the field and allowed senior Catherine Amini to get off a shot that went past STAC goalie Ailsa Ogilvie to give Molloy an early 1-0 lead.
• Lipscomb made three more saves in the first half to keep the Spartans off the board including using the support of the defense to fend off eight penalty corners.
• Amini as well as seniors Gianna Mastrocco and Nikki Longhitano all threatened to double the lead after a penalty corner late in the second quarter, but Ogilvie made two saves to keep it 1-0 at the half.
• The Spartans drew an early corner in the second half, but a save from Lipscomb and a defensive save from sophomore Catherine Sasso kept the ball from going in the net.
• Six minutes into the third quarter, the Lions drew a penalty corner. Sophomore Samantha Naples tapped the ball to junior Farah Amarando, who beat the goalie to double Molloy's leads.
• After the Spartans were issued a yellow card to the bench, the visitors appeared to be reanimated and scored two goals in under a minute off the stick of Papleux to tie the contest with nine minutes left in regulation.
• Amarando had her shot blocked in the final three minutes that threatened to give Molloy the lead, but the teams remained deadlocked and forced an overtime period.
• Papleux managed a breakaway opportunity that turned into a penalty stroke just under five minutes into the extra frame. She converted to score her third of the contest and win the game for the Spartans.

Top Performances

• Mastrocco and Longhitano each took five shots while Amini and Amarando had three.
• The assist was Naples' third point of the season.
• Amini and Amarando each tallied their first goal and points of the season with their goals.
• Lipscomb made six total saves in net in her first start of the season.

Up Next
Molloy heads on the road next weekend as they take on Franklin Pierce on Saturday (Oct. 11) at 12:00 p.m. from Rindge, N.H.