Shippensburg University’s No. 2 ranked field hockey team remained unbeaten on the season this week, picking up three wins including overtime wins over Mansfield and Belmont Abbey.
SU’s first win came against Mansfield University after sophomore Tess Jedeloo won the game in overtime off an assist from fellow sophomore Valu Paul.
Jedeloo started the game off with a goal in the first quarter and reigning Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Offensive Athlete of the Week, freshman Agus Garibaldi, made the score 2-0 in the first quarter after a penalty stroke.
Mansfield however would cut the lead in half at the end of the first quarter after a goal from Kenedy Stroup and they would tie it going into halftime thanks to Alex Esterling.
With 2:03 remaining in the third quarter Garibaldi would give SU a 3-2 lead after another Garibaldi goal, but with just under three minutes left in the game Esterling would score again and send the game to overtime.
The Raiders would consistently attack the goal in overtime but Mansfield goalkeeper August Lewis kept them in the game with three huge saves. With time winding down in the overtime period however, Paul found Jedeloo on a breakaway and Jedeloo was able to sneak the ball past Lewis for the win, 4-3.
Shippensburg then traveled to Limestone over the weekend for a two-game trip with the first being another overtime thriller with Belmont Abbey.
The game was tied at one a piece in the second quarter after an early Belmont Abbey goal and a second quarter Jedeloo penalty shot, and it would remain that way until the end of regulation.
The match headed to overtime but even that was not enough to end the game as both teams could not score in the period, forcing the contest to a penalty shootout.
Paul netted the Raiders first attempt in the period and Jedeloo and sophomore Emilia Conners followed behind her by making their shots as well. Sophomore goalkeeper Emma Albee closed the door with crucial saves in the shootout and SU got the victory.
Sophomore goalkeeper Lindsay Tripodo also had a season-high eight saves in the win. It was Shippensburg’s first match decided by penalty shootout since September of 2015.
The Raiders final contest of the week saw them beat Limestone 9-0 as the team scored in all four quarters of the shutout and held a dominate 33-3 shots on goal advantage.
Jedeloo scored the first two goals of the game in the first 40 seconds, and Paul scored in the first quarter as well. Paul would score again in the third as she, Jedeloo and freshman Savannah Silvestre each scored twice. For Silvestre these were her first two collegiate goals.
Garibaldi, Conners and sophomore Mya Kemp would round out the scoring for SU and complete the 9-0 victory at Limestone.
The No. 2 field hockey team will return to action on Sunday at 12 p.m. against Converse at Robb Sports Complex.
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