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updated 09/28/2008

  Rose-Hulman News Rose-Hulman Captures 3-2 Overtime Thriller Over Hanover
 

Molly Richardson scored in overtime to lead the Engineers to the victory.

BOX SCORE

TERRE HAUTE, IND. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology improved to 1-1 in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference women’s soccer play with a 3-2 double overtime victory over Hanover College on Sunday. 

Sophomore Molly Richardson (Orange Park, Fla./St. John’s Country Day) scored in the 102nd minute on a crossing pass from senior Jen Lyman (Irwin, Pa./Penn Trafford) to give the Engineers their sixth overall victory of the season. 

Hanover gained the early lead with a score by Jennifer Page in the sixth minute, before Rose-Hulman senior Liz Ridgway (Grosse Pointe, Mich./Northwestern University) scored her league leading 11th goal of the season to tie the match at 1-1 at halftime.  Sophomore Annmarie Stanley (Warrenville, Ill./Rosary) tallied her ninth assist of the campaign to increase her conference lead. 

The Engineers gained a 2-1 advantage early in the second half on a score by sophomore Aleksandra Kampa (Garden Grove, Calif./Orange County Lutheran), courtesy of an assist from Lyman. 

Hanover knotted the score at 2-2 on a corner kick goal with five minutes left in regulation.  Felicia Adams finished the score on a header, directly from a corner kick by Olivia Selm. 

Rose-Hulman outshot Hanover 19-6 in the match, with Ridgway leading the offense with five shots.  Lyman and Richardson added four shots each. 

Rose-Hulman improved to 6-3 on the season and 1-1 in league play, while Hanover dropped to 2-6 and 0-1 in conference matches.  The Engineers host Millikin University on Wednesday night.

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