Box Score

EAST STROUDSBURG - Senior forward Lynda Hicks scored her 10th goal of the season less than three minutes into overtime to give East Stroudsburg University a 2-1 victory over No. 21-ranked Slippery Rock on Sunday at Eiler-Martin Stadium.

Hicks knocked in the winning goal on a pass from freshman midfielder Linda Martine, who drove the ball from the right wing into the six-yard box. ESU improves to 5-4-2 with the victory, and Hicks has all five of the Warriors' game-winning goals. Slippery Rock is 7-3-1.

The senior from Saylorsburg (Pleasant Valley) is the fifth player in school history to score 30 career goals. Three of the first four - school record-holder Terri Meierhofer, Karen Hansen and Jenn Russo - were members of the 1994 PSAC championship team which was inducted into the ESU Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday.

Sophomore midfielder Lindsay Foder scored the first goal of the game with 1:31 left in the first half on an assist from freshman midfielder Megan Keiser, who has notched her first two career assists in the Warriors' last two games.

Hicks nearly put ESU ahead 2-0 off a corner kick in the second half when she drilled a ball past Slippery Rock goalkeeper Sarah Lacy, but a Rock defender was standing on the goal line to clear the ball away.

Shelby Layman tied the game at 1-all in the 77th minute on an assist from Shelly Regner, and Slippery Rock had the momentum going into overtime before Hicks ended the game 2:36 into the extra session.

Senior goalkeeper Janine Turcio made three saves for ESU, which held a 15-13 edge in shots. Lacy had four saves for Slippery Rock.

The Warriors are off until next weekend when they host Shippensburg at 7:30 p.m. on Super Soccer Saturday. The ESU men take on Shippensburg at 5 p.m., with a soccer clinic for area players scheduled for earlier in the afternoon. Please check the ESU website this week for details.