BOXSCORE
Keene, N.H. –New England College senior forward Drea Chin (Laconia, N.H.) scored three goals including the game-winner in overtime as the NEC field hockey team won 4-3 at Keene State University on Wednesday evening at the Owl Athletic Complex in Keene, New Hampshire in non-conference action.
THE BASICS
Score: New England College 4, Keene State 3 OT
Records: Pilgrims 6-2 | Owls 2-3
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Chin carried the Pilgrims, tying the game at 1-1 in the fourth minute before scoring in 43rd minute to reduce a two-goal deficit to one. Then just 1:34 into overtime, Chin got loose on a breakaway and scored for her first game-winner of the season. The 2021 National Field Hockey Coaches Association All-Region selection recorded her third career hat trick at NEC.
- NEC senior midfielder Lilli McCormack (Dexter, Maine), coming off her first goal of the season against Castleton on Sunday, chose the best possible time to score her second as she found the back of the net with 3:59 to go in regulation to tie it at 3-all, sending the game into overtime.
- NEC graduate defender Giuliana Kevlin (Laconia, N.H.) assisted on Chin's second goal of the game, as her blast set up Chin's tip-in.
- Keene State had goals from senior midfielder Chase Lambert (West Suffield, Conn.), sophomore forward Irini Stefanakos (Fitchburg, Mass.) and freshman forward Kalina Piasecki (Melrose, Mass.).
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- NEC graduate goalkeeper Jackie Mountford (New London, N.H.) picked up the win, tallying four saves on the evening.
- Keene freshman goalkeeper Clara Gorman (Stratham, N.H.) finished with five saves in net.
- The game was close as could be, with both teams finishing with 13 shots.
- It's the second straight year the Pilgrims have beaten the Owls in overtime. NEC is now 10-31-all-time against Keene State.
UP NEXT
- NEC is back on the field next Wednesday when they travel to MIT for a 7:00 p.m. game.
- Keene travels to Western Connecticut for their next game, that coming on Saturday at 1:00 p.m.
