NCAA Tournament: No. 25 Field Hockey Falls To No. 24 Ithaca, 3-2, In OT

BEVERLY, Mass. — The No. 25 nationally ranked Endicott field hockey team was defeated by No. 24 Ithaca, 3-2, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Wednesday evening at North Field.

After Ithaca took an early 1-0 lead in the first quarter, Lindsay Bruns (Belfast, Maine) was able to capitalize off of a corner at 17:55, as she nailed home a loose ball in front of the net to knot the score.

Ithaca once again regained the lead in the third quarter, 2-1, but Endicott found a second equalizer at 47:44, as Reagan Hicks (Barnstable, Mass.) drilled one from deep in the circle off of the feed from Meghan Lehouiller (Colchester, Vt.). 

Both defenses held strong over the final 12 minutes including a defensive save from Lehouiller to keep the Bombers off the scoreboard as the game would head to overtime.

In overtime, both sides had opportunities as the Bombers worked a corner, and eventually put away a game-winner off a deflection.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Tonight was the first-ever meeting between the two programs, regular season or postseason.
• The 16 wins by the Gulls are the most since 2019.
• Fourth assist this season for Lehouiller.
• First career NCAA Tournament goals for Bruns and Hicks.

WHAT'S NEXT

No. 25 Endicott sees its CCC Championship season come to a close with a record of 16-5. No. 24 Ithaca (15-6) advances to the second round of the NCAA Tournament and will face No. 4 nationally ranked Johns Hopkins on Saturday, November 11 at 10 AM.

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(Photo Credit - David Le '10)