Flashes Fall in Overtime Battle to Longwood

Saturday, November 2

Kent, Ohio

12:00 p.m.

Kent State University

(10-8, 5-1)

Longwood University

(8-9,3-3)

LWU

Kent State

Flashes Fall in Overtime Battle to Longwood

11/2/2019 3:03:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score 2019 MAC Field Hockey Tournament Bracket

KENT, Ohio- The Kent State University field hockey team (10-8, 5-1 MAC) dropped its season finale with a 2-1 double-overtime loss to Longwood on senior day at Murphy-Mellis Field.

The Flashes were slightly edged in shots 11-12. Senior Laila Richter paced Kent State with four shots.

The Flashes got on the board first when Richter found the back of the net for the third time this season off a penalty corner. Junior Ashley Bonetz and junior Clara Rodriguez Seto were both on the assist that put Kent State up 1-0 in the second period.

Longwood would tie the game in the 43^rd minute as the Lancers scored on a Luna Lopez goal off a penalty corner.

The game remained tied for the remaining 17 minutes of regulation and was sent into overtime. Kent State put up a strong defensive stand for the first period of overtime, saving all three of Longwood's shots and forcing a second overtime period. Longwood's Luna Lopez scored the winning goal for the Lancers off a penalty corner.

Defensively, junior goalkeeper Azure Fernsler recorded five saves while Rodriguez Seto also registered a defensive save, her sixth of the season.

The Flashes will continue the season, competing in the Mid-American Conference Tournament in Oxford, Ohio as the No. 1 seed on Friday, Nov. 8 at 11:30 a.m. Kent State will play the winner of Ball State and Longwood. The tournament will field all seven conference teams in a single- elimination bracket.