ROCHESTER, NY – Senior Emilee Rosenberg scored with 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter for the Nazareth College Field Hockey team to tie the score at 1-1 but Utica College took advantage of a long run up the field in overtime to score the game-winning goal with four minutes left in the first overtime period to post a 2-1 victory in the first game of the year for the Golden Flyers.

Utica (1-1), scored early in the second quarter to take a 1-0 lead as Madeline Krecidlo finished a penalty corner effort.

The scored remained 1-0 at the end of the first half with Utica holding a slim 3-2 edge in shots. Sophomore Morgan Hasty was credited with a defensive save in the first half.

In the third quarter, Utica maintained the pressure and held a 4-0 shots edge and had a 6-3 advantage in shots in the final quarter but junior goalie Amanda Chuttey kept the game close and allowed Rosenberg to tie the game in the fourth quarter.

In the fourth quarter after a ball was deflected off a Utica player on out of bounds over the end line, freshman Marissa Berghorn took the restart and fired a pass to the corner of the cage for Rosenberg who redirected the ball into the back of the cage to knot the score at 1-1.

In overtime, Utica had the first three scoring chances but Chuttey, who finished with 14 saves, made several key stops. A failed Nazareth rush up the field and into the circle gave the Pioneers the ball near the sideline. Emily Frank send a pass to the midfield stripe where Sabrina Whitehouse won the ball and dribbled all the way to the goal where she send a backhand shot into the side of the cage for the winning goal.