Box Score DARTMOUTH, Mass. – Junior Emily Anderson (Medway, Mass.) scored the lone goal of the match in the 81st minute to advance the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth to a 1-0 overtime victory over the University of Southern Maine in the semifinals of the 2014 Little East Conference Field Hockey Championship Tournament.
The third-seeded Corsairs (12-10) will travel to top-seeded Keene State College (18-4) for the championship match on Saturday, Nov. 8. UMass Dartmouth is making its fifth appearance in the conference final, capturing the title in 2012, 2010, and 2009. The seventh-seeded Huskies (9-13) , who upset No. 2 Plymouth State University, 4-1, two days ago, saw their Cinderella run end.
With less than five minutes remaining in the extra session, the Corsairs were finally able to solve sophomore goalkeeper Amanda Kasbohm (York, Maine). Following a visitors' infraction, Anderson dribbled into the apron and drove a shot towards the cage that was deflected by a Southern Maine defender and barely trickled over the end line for the decisive margin. Kasbohm was spectacular in net, reaching double digits in stops with 10.
Each team had an opportunity to win the contest in the final minutes of regulation. In the 68th minute, two Huskies raced behind the Corsair defensive backline and sprinted towards the net. Senior Peyton Dostie (Standish, Maine), the leading scorer in the conference circuit, took a tough angled shot on which freshman back Hayley D'Auteuil (Sutton, Mass.) made the defensive save of the season by sealing the near post to preserve the stalemate.
UMass Dartmouth nearly cracked the scoring column on its counterattack, when junior Caroline Daubitz (Agawam, Mass.) unleashed a point blank shot that was smothered by Kasbohm.
The Corsairs nearly cashed in on their 11th and final penalty corner of the opening stanza. Sophomore Michaela Carrier (Richmond, R.I.) inserted the final play of the first frame to Anderson, who forced Kasbohm to make a kick save to send the teams into the intermission scoreless.
Sophomore Elizabeth St. Germaine (Wareham, Mass.) earned the victory, making two stops in 80 minutes, 18 seconds of action.
The field was tilted in the hosts' favor for the majority of the contest, as UMass Dartmouth enjoyed decisive advantages in shots (20-7) and penalty corners (21-5).
