ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. – For the second straight game, the Elizabethtown College field hockey team went to overtime, but this time around was unable to secure a victory as Muhlenburg snuck past the Blue Jays 2-1 Saturday afternoon at Wolf Field.
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With the loss, Elizabethtown falls to 1-3 on the season while the Mules improve to 3-0.
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The Blue Jays controlled momentum during regulation, outshooting Muhlenburg 6-2 in the opening 60 minutes, but could not find a goal.
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Elizabethtown's best opportunity came in overtime as senior
Olivia Beachley fired a point blank shot on goal, forcing a save by senior Jordan Segrave. The rebound fell to senior
Lauren Scheib, who sent it right back on goal, but Segrave somehow managed to recover and stop the second shot as well to keep the score knotted at zero.
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The Mules found the game-winner shortly after when freshman Alexandra Gann slipped a pass back to sophomore Maleah Hess after the ball had escaped the circle. Hess made her way back in and rifled a shot into the left side of the goal, her first of the season, to lift Muhlenberg over EC.
The Blue Jays held a 9-3 advantage in shots and earned 11 corners.
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Freshman
Madeline Kachel (1-3) made one save on three shots for E-town, while her counterpart, Segrave (3-0), turned away five.
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Elizabethtown hits the road to take on No. 19 Ursinus on Wednesday, September 11. Start time is set for 3 p.m.
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