CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. - The No. 11 Michigan State Field Hockey team’s season ended Saturday after a heartbreaking loss to No. 3 Virginia, 3-2 in overtime in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
The loss came six minutes into the 15 minute overtime period when freshmen Elly Buckley scored the game winning goal and her second of the game.
This is the second year in a row the Cavaliers defeated the Spartans in the NCAA tournament during overtime.
Eight minutes into the game UVA junior forward Paige Selenski scored on a penalty stroke.
Around two minutes later junior Angie Lucik scored a rebound after Kristen Henn nailed the goal post on a corner play.
MSU took the lead with around six minutes left in the first half when senior forward Sabine Van den Assem scored off a penalty corner with the assist from Lucik and senior Joelle Van Ierland.
Buckley’s first goal of the game came ten minutes into the second half to tie up the match and send the game into overtime.
The Cavaliers outshout the Spartans (22-9) during the game, but the Spartans edged out Virginia (5-4) in corners.
Spartan Freshmen goalkeeper Molly Cassidy finished with 13 saves with sophomore Corey Block making a defensive save for the Spartans, while Virginia goalkeeper Kim Kastuk recorded 4 saves.
The Spartans finished their season with a 15-6 overall record while finishing fourth in the Big Ten. This was MSU’s eighth appearance in the NCAA tournament and fourth consecutive year.
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