KUTZTOWN – Junior Lia Parker scored the first goal of her career less than three minutes into the first overtime period on Tuesday night to lift the seventh-ranked East Stroudsburg University field hockey team past fifth-ranked Kutztown, 2-1, at Andre Reed Stadium.

The Warriors (3-2) win their third consecutive game while the Golden Bears lose for the first time this year to drop to 3-1.

Both teams got on the scoreboard in the first quarter, but neither was able to find the back of the net until Parker's goal at the 62:14 mark in overtime. Junior Nicole Krozser tied the game for the Warriors with 47 seconds remaining in the first quarter.

Notables

- Amy Supey (3-2) wins her third straight start after saving five of Kutztown's six shots on goal

- Krozser scored her second goal of the season at the 14:13 mark in the first quarter

- Senior Hannah Barbush record her third assist of the year in the first quarter

- The Warriors held the advantage in shots on goal, 7-6, and had more penalty corners, 8-3

How it Happened

11:01 | After a back-and-forth first quarter, Kutztown jumped out to a 1-0 lead when Alyssa Donato found the back of the goal off an entry from a penalty corner. Donato, who fired a strike from the top of the arc past Supey, was set up on a dish from Andie Sierer.

14:13 | In the closing seconds of the first period, the Warriors tied the game at 1-1 on Krozser's second goal of the season. After a series of passes by ESU inside Kutztown's arc, Krozser slammed home shot off a feed from Hannah Barbush.

62:14 | After a scoreless second half, Parker stole the ball from the Golden Bears in their half of the field and carried it down the left hand sideline with a defender on her back. When Kutztown's Katie Dotterweich rushed out of the net to challenge the ensuing shot from Parker, she fired a strike falling to the ground that trickled into the bottom right corner of the goal to give the Warriors their third straight victory.  

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