Meadows' Last Minute Goal Lifts Mounties to 3-2 win over Millersville

MANSFIELD – Delaney Meadows took a long midfield pass from Karyn Anselmo in the last minute of the game and put it off the hands of the goalie with 34 seconds remaining to lift Mansfield to a 3-2 win over Millersville in a PSAC thriller Tuesday afternoon.

The teams were locked in a 2-2 tie for the last 38 minutes of the game after Millersville rallied with two second half goals. Both teams exchanged scoring opportunities before Anselmo got control of the ball off a scramble in the final minute and kicked it forward to Meadows. The freshman beat a defender and then got the ball past the goalie to the left, hitting off her gloves and slowly rolling across the goal line for the winning score.

Hohenwarter scored the game's first goal taking a long cross from Kelsey Chapman and heading it past the goalie from right in front of the goal in the 24th minute.

Mansfield went up 2-0 nine minutes later with freshman Katlin Holborn taking a pass from Danielle Lentz and beating the keeper to the right from eight yards out for a 2-0 advantage.
That score stood up for the first half thanks to a number of outstanding saves by Mountaineer goalie Rachel Fox.

Millersville came out aggressively in the second half cutting the score to 2-1 just over four minutes in the second period when Alexandrea Powell hit a shot from 18 yards out.

The Marauders tied the game up less than two minutes later when Halie Parker chipped a ball into the upper right corner from 20 yards out to tie the score at 2-2.

Kelsey Chapman, who extended her career assist record to 12 in the first half, floated a ball from 20 yards in the 81st minute that got past the goalie only to have ball hit the post and roll away from the goal.
Mansfield had another scoring opportunity two minutes later when Nicole Holborn put a header on goal but the ball was scooped up by the goalie.

Fox returned the favor in goal for Mansfield stopping a long shot by Millersville's Emily Purcell in the 86th minute. Moments later Chapman almost regained the lead when she put a ball that got through the goal and slowly rolled toward the goal before being denied by the post.

Action was fast and furious in the second half with the teams combining for 19 shots on goal, nine of the by the Mountaineers.

Fox was outstanding in goal stopping 17 of 19 shots while Millersville's two goalies, Samantha Wolfe and Kaitlyn Remely, combined for 10 saves.

The goal by Meadows extended her school single-season record to 11 while Hohenwarter picked up her first collegiate goal with her first-half header.

The win snaps a six-game losing streak for the Mountaineers who improve to 4-11-1 overall and 3-11-1 in PSAC play. The win was also the first over Millersville since a 2-0 victory in 2009.

Mansfield closes out the 2015 season by hosting Edinboro this Saturday for Senior Day.