NORTHAMPTON, Mass. - Senior Alex Larosee (Warwick, R.I./The Wheeler School) scored the game-winner 2:38 into overtime as the Smith College field hockey team defeated MIT, 2-1, to capture the program's first NEWMAC Championship on Sunday. The Pioneers (14-7) entered the tournament as the No. 3 seed, while the Engineers (11-8) were the No. 5 seed. Senior Beatrice Chaudoin (Millersville, Md./Severna Park) was named the Tournament Most Outstanding Player for her play throughout the tournament.

HOW IT HAPPENED

27:24 - MIT - Devon Goetz dribbled down the right sideline beating multiple Smith defenders before she cut into the circle and flicked the ball over Channy Cornell (Arlington, Tex./The Oakridge School) for her 16th goal of the season.

68:43 - SMITH - On Smith's fifth penalty corner of the game, Chaudoin received the insertion pass at the top of the circle and slipped it left to junior Sammie Pavlov (Royersford, Pa./Westtown School) who ripped a shot into the back of the goal. Pavlov's tally was her team-leading 11th of the year.

69:22 - With 38 seconds left on the clock, junior Anna Ballou (Deerfield, Mass./Deerfield Academy) had a chance to put the game away for the Pioneers but her uncontested shot went just wide of the cage.

71:31 - MIT drew their first corner of the game where Cornell made back-to-back saves on shots from Amanda Garofalo and Emma Majercak.

72:38 - SMITH - Larosee pressured the MIT defense inside the circle, gained control of the ball and ripped a shot to the left post for the game-winning goal.


NOTABLE

• The Pioneers held a convincing 19-6 advantage in total shots and took five of the game's six penalty corners.
• Smith goalkeeper Channy Cornell (Arlington, Tex./The Oakridge School) made five saves, while MIT's Grace Moore stopped 13 shots.
• The Pioneers improve to 9-3 at home this season and 5-0 in overtime games.
• Smith moves to 17-20 all-time against the Engineers.
• The field hockey program's last championship title came in 1993 as members of the NEW8 Conference.

UP NEXT
The Pioneers earn the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III National Championship as the field will be announced at 11:30 p.m. on Sunday night via a press release on www.ncaa.com.





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