Box Score POUGKEEPSIE, N.Y.--
Allie Stein (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer) scored two goals, one with three seconds left in regulation, and one 45 seconds into overtime as the Smith College field hockey team shocked Vassar College with a 3-2 overtime win in the championship game of the Betty Richey tournament on Saturday afternoon.
The Pioneers, who are 3-0 for the first time since 1993, beat Vassar for the first time since 2006, ending a four game losing skid to the Brewers.
Stein had a had in all three goals, getting Smith off to the perfect start when she set up
Kristen Estes (Falmouth, Mass./Falmouth) for the opening goal just 2:18 into the game. Â Estes deflected Stein's pass past Vassar goalie Amreen Bhasin. Â
The Brewers hit back almost immediately, as Lauren Wiebe one-timed a pass from Bianca Zarella three minutes after Smith's goal. Â Vassar then went ahead in the 19th minute, as Caroline Stanton knocked in an unassisted goal to give Vassar a 2-1 lead that they would take into halftime.
Smith fought back, earning a pair of corners early in the second half, but were continually stifled by Bhasin. Â Meanwhile, Smith goalie
Abbey Petronzio (Beverly, Mass./Beverly) kept Vassar at bay, making eight of her 10 saves in the second half. Â
The clock continued to tick, and Smith was down to the final three seconds before Stein came up with her ninth goal of the season to force overtime. Â Overtime has always been Stein's time; she scored the winner in overtime as a first year against Westfield State, and repeated the feat as a sophomore against both Clark and Western New England. Â On Saturday, she did it again, needing just 45 seconds to take a pass from
Jenny Estes (Falmouth, Mass./Falmouth), and her shot rebounded off a defender's leg and past substitute 'keeper Maggie Brelis for the game winner.
Stein was named the tournament's MVP, while
Abbey Petronzio (Beverly, Mass./Beverly),
Emma Camilleri (Florence, Mass./Wilbraham & Monson),
Jenny Estes (Falmouth, Mass./Falmouth), and
Kat Estes (Falmouth, Mass./Falmouth) were named to the All-Tournament team.
Smith will look to continue their winning streak when the Pioneers host Daniel Webster on September 12 at 4:30 pm.
