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Engineers
Jena Dolinar
Tom Killips
3
Winner New Paltz NPFH2018 (4-1)
2
Rensselaer RPIFH (0-5)
Winner
New Paltz NPFH2018
(4-1)
3
Final
2
Rensselaer RPIFH
(0-5)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
New Paltz NPFH2018 2 1 3
Rensselaer RPIFH 1 1 2

Game Recap: Field Hockey | | Kevin Beattie, Associate Athletic Director

Hawks Take Down Field Hockey, 3-2

Box Score | Game Highlights

TROY, N.Y. - Freshman Jessica Ascencao had a goal and an assist and Morgan Gunter scored the tiebreaking goal nine minutes into the second half as the SUNY New Paltz field hockey team defeated Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), 3-2, in a non-league contest at Harkness Field. 

The Hawks (4-1) jumped out to a 2-0 lead, with Ascencao, a back, having a hand in both. On the first, which came just 1:22 into the contest, she carried the ball into the circle and sent a hard pass to the front of the cage, where it was deflected past the goalkeeper by senior Serena Capsello. New Paltz doubled its lead when Ascencao collected a pass from Samantha Ackerman off a penalty corner and stepped into a shot from the top of the circle that found the back of the cage. The goal was her team-leading seventh of the season with Ackerman picking up her fourth assist.

The Engineers (0-5) battled back to even things early in the second half. They pulled to within one goal with 2:05 remaining in the first half when senior Jena Dolinar swept in a loose ball following sustained offensive pressure by RP. Dolinar finished the sequence when the ball kicked to her on the left side of the goal and she tallied. Classmate Mikaela DiBello tied things up just 1:40 into the second frame when a Katina Shiomos stretch pass hit her in stride, sending her into the offensive zone with a defender and the goalkeeper to beat. DiBello gained the circle, turned, shot and scored - her team-leading third of the season.

Gunter, a freshman, put the visitors back in front when she brought the ball down the right side and sent a shot into the far side of the cage with 44:18 to play. RPI continued it pressure the rest of the game, but the Hawks held them off.

New Paltz had the edge in both shots on goal (22-14) and penalty corner (16-9). Both goalkeepers, Ryan Dowling of the Hawks and Rachel Kaufman of Rensselaer, made nine saves. They both had four stops in the first half and five in the second.

Rensselaer is in action again on Sunday when it hosts nationally-ranked Montclair State at 1:30pm at Harkness Field. New Paltz hosts St. John Fisher in a non-league game on Saturday at 1pm.
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