GORHAM, Maine -- Rookie forward Jackie Morin (Scarborough, Maine) knocked in the game-winning goal with 3:45 remaining in the first sudden death overtime
period to give the visiting Plymouth State University Panthers a 3-2, come-from-behind victory over the University of Southern Maine Huskies in Little East
Conference action Wednesday afternoon at Paula Hodgdon Field.
The win stopped a two-game losing skid for the Panthers, and improved their record to 9-5 overall and 7-2 in conference play. The Huskies dropped their
fifth straight decision to slide to 5-12 overall and 3-6 in LEC games.
Senior Kristina Conroy (Wakefield, Mass.), who scored the tying goal with 7:45 to play in regulation that forced overtime, centered the ball from the
right side to Morin who got her stick to it and slip in a short shot out of a scramble in front of USM freshman goalie
Kayla Kennedy (Windham, Maine). The
goal was the sixth of the season for Morin.
Southern Maine, although badly outshot in the game, built a 2-0 lead on a first half goal by sophomore
Kailey Bubier (Auburn, Maine/Hebron Academy) and a
second half tally by junior
Whitney McDaniel (Livermore, Maine/Livermore Falls). Both goals were unassisted, and were the 10th of the season for each player.
The Huskies' two-goal advantage lasted just over a minute until PSU junior Lauren Bergeron (New Hampton, N.H./Newfound) powered home her fifth goal of the
season at 45:52.
Kennedy, who finished the game with 15 saves, kept the Panthers at bay until there were less than eight minutes to go as Conroy found the net for her
eight marker of the season.
Plymouth State compiled a 31-5 advantage in shots (18-3 in shots on goal) and a 24-0 margin in penalty corners. PSU sophomore goalie Hilary Lemelin
(Milan, N.H./Berlin) recorded one save.
Southern Maine faces Bridgewater State University on Saturday (1:00 p.m.) for a critical Little East Conference match. Plymouth State hosts Worcester
State University on Saturday (12:00 p.m.) in an LEC contest.
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