Field Hockey Suffers Heartbreaker to Old Dominion in Overtime

Sunday, October 13

Norfolk, Va.

1 p.m.

James Madison University

(9-3)

Old Dominion

(8-4)

James Madison

Old Dominion

Field Hockey Suffers Heartbreaker to Old Dominion in Overtime

10/13/2024 4:00:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score

NORFOLK, Va. – Old Dominion's Sanci Molkenboer managed to take an off-balanced shot that trickled past the James Madison defense for the game-winning goal in overtime to give the Monarchs a 3-2 home victory over the Dukes on Sunday afternoon at the L.R. Hill Sports Complex in non-conference field hockey action.

JMU (9-3, 4-0 MAC) saw its five-game winning streak snapped by ODU (8-4, 3-1 BIG EAST) who earned 16 penalty corners in the win.

Junior Alice Roeper scored the goal's opening with an assist from sophomore Azul Covarrubias, while fifth-year Carissa Tambroni registered her third goal of the season.

Redshirt freshman Molly Schreiner started in cage, making five stops in 39:27 of action. Senior Katie Fricke stepped in late in the third and logged 26:39 with six saves.

Sian Emslie, Serena Langendoen and Molkenboer all scored for the Monarchs. Rina Tsioles registered two assists, while Molkenboer and Frederique Zandbergen chipped in with one.

Quoting Head Coach Christy Morgan
"That was a hard-fought game and I'm proud of the effort of every player! We created chances and grew one percent better today."

How It Happened

The Dukes turned away 10 ODU penalty corners in the first half, with Schreiner making five saves to keep the score at 0-0.
JMU broke through early in the third quarter on a corner play with a deflected shot off a Monarch from Roeper with an assist from Covarrubias.
Old Dominion responded minutes later on an uneven break when Sanci Molkenboer connected across the circle to Sian Emslie to even the game at 1-1.
Halfway through the third, the Monarchs converted on a penalty corner with a goal from Langendoen and assists from Tsioles and Zandbergen to take a 2-1 lead.
On a desperation attack in the waning seconds of the third, graduate student Mia Julian took a shot in close range that rebounded off the ODU keeper to Tambroni who snuck one home with 0.4 seconds remaining in the frame to tie the game at 2-2.
ODU managed to thwart the Dukes on their lone corner of overtime and managed to sneak one past Fricke on a broken play in the circle for the win.

Game Notes

James Madison trails Old Dominion in the all-time series, 58-13, dating back to 1979.
JMU and ODU are tied in the TowneBank Royal Rivalry Challenge for the 2024-25 year, 1-1.
The Monarchs held an advantage in shots (22-7), shots on goal (14-3) and penalty corners (16-6).
Roeper scored her 10th goal of the season, becoming the first JMU player to record 10 goals since Tori Carawan found the back of the net 10 times in 2023.
Tambroni's goal was the third of the season and her career.

Up Next
The Dukes will host Mid-American Conference foe Bellarmine on Friday, Oct. 18. Game time in Harrisonburg is slated for 5 p.m.