Box Score

St. Mary's City, Md. - Two goals by sophomore forward Sallie Armstrong (Houston, Texas/St. John's School) propelled the Washington & Lee University field hockey team to a 3-2 overtime victory over St. Mary's College of Maryland Saturday afternoon in non-conference action, spoiling the Seahawks' Homecoming.

Senior midfielder Kay Dyt (Mountain Lakes, N.J./Mountain Lakes) had a fast-break attempt but Seahawk senior goalie Emily Richards (Silver Spring, Md./Springbrook) came out and did a full-body save to stop the play.  The rebound landed outside the circle at freshman defender Kelly Tran's (Simsbury, Conn./Ethel Walker) stick who sent the ball back inside the circle and Armstrong gave the Generals (7-3) the win 3:29 into the overtime period as she fired in a shot from the right side into the left corner off a feed.

The Seahawks (8-4) struck first just 2:30 into the game as junior forward Emily Norris (Timonium, Md./Dulaney) deflected a pass from senior forward Marianne Wood (Wakefield, Mass./Wakefield Memorial).

Washington & Lee responded at 5:58 when senior forward Maggie Nugent (Louisville, Ky./Collegiate) put back the rebound from sophomore midfielder Alex Caritis' (Pittsburgh, Pa./Shady Side Academy) shot.

The Generals posted a 2-1 lead at 18:08 when Armstrong found the back of the cage with her first goal of the day as she followed up on her own rebound.

However, Norris tallied her second of the game as she tapped in a loose ball at the far left post, knotting the game at 2-2 at 19:36.  The contest went into halftime tied.

The game went back-and-forth throughout the second half, forcing the extra frame.

Washington & Lee out-shot the Hawks, 20-5, and was awarded 15 penalty corners to St. Mary's two.

Richards finished with 13 stops while senior Tara Rubenstein (Baltimore, Md./Bryn Mawr) came up with one save.

The Seahawks have a week to rest as St. Mary's returns to action next Saturday, October 20 against Hood College in Capital Athletic Conference action at 1:00.  Washington & Lee will travel to Fredericksburg, Virginia to take on the University of Mary Washington tomorrow at 2:00.