Box Score

Harrisonburg, Va. - Senior Alyssa Derstine's (Telford, Pa.) second goal of the afternoon proved to key as Derstine lifted Eastern Mennonite University to a 4-3 double overtime win over the St. Mary's College of Maryland field hockey team in the Seahawks' regular-season finale on Tuesday.

Derstine notched the sudden victory goal 4:21 into the start of the second overtime period to give the Royals their ninth win of the season.  Junior Hailee Rittle (Jonestown, Pa.) assisted on the play.

St. Mary's freshman forward Lauriann Parker (Woodbine, Md./Glenelg) set the school single-season record for points with her one-goal effort today.  Parker now leads the Seahawks (8-7) with 31 points on 13 goals and five assists.  Her 31 points breaks the previous mark of 29 set by Marianne Wood '08 in 2006.  Parker's 13 goals also match the school's single-season record for goals set by Wood in 2005.

On the other side of the ball, senior defender Julia Puzak (Arnold, Md./Broadneck) notched two defensives saves to tie the all-time record for defensive saves with 15 during her four-year career, matching the career effort of Mia Oliver '04.  This season, Puzak paces the Seahawks with nine defensive saves.

EMU (9-7) jumped on the visitors early as Derstine struck with her first tally of the day at 3:10.  However, St. Mary's responded in 1:34 as freshman midfielder Brooke Masimore's (Hampstead, Md./North Carroll) goal deflected off a Royal defender to even the contest at 1-all.

The Royals regained the lead at 23:32 as junior forward Linda Cimini (Cape May, N.J.) converted a feed from senior midfielder Sarah Roth (Lancaster, Pa.).  Once again, the lead for EMU was short-lived as freshman forward Ali McIntosh (Stevensville, Md./Kent Island) found the back of the cage just over two minutes later off an assist by Masimore, knotting the game at 2-2.

The Seahawks claimed their first lead of the contest at 50:04 when Parker picked up her team-leading 13th goal.  Again, the lead did not last long as Cimini beat junior goalkeeper Emma Lauhoff (Wayne, Pa./Radnor) for her second tally of the day at 55:55.

EMU was relentless in the first overtime period, rattling off six shots to the Seahawks' two, but Lauhoff was up to the task and denied three shots.  St. Mary's was awarded a penalty corner at 76:25 but the resultant shot was saved by junior Becky Nolt (East Berlin, Pa.).

St. Mary's had an opportunity to win it at 86:55 but Parker's shot hit the post.  The Royals' three shots in the second OT were blocked, wide, and hit the post before Derstine broke through for the game-winner at 89:21.

EMU notched 27 shots to the Seahawks' 12, while the Royals posted a 9-5 margin in corners.

Nolt finished with five stops while Lauhoff had six for St. Mary's.

The Seahawks will await the announcement of the Capital Athletic Conference tournament pairings to see who they'll face in the first round on Sunday, November 1.