By Richard Tranfaglia
Staff Writer
The Framingham State Rams lost in overtime to the Mount Ida Mustangs Oct. 6 by a score of 4-3.
The Rams struck first as Meaghann Ackerman ripped a shot off from a penalty corner from Bailey Donelly.
The Mustangs tied the game up at the 18:26 mark when Lexi Minicucci picked up a deflected pass off a Rams defender and sent it to the back of the cage.
About three minutes later, a scrum in front of the Rams goal resulted in a score for Patty Ryan as she pushed a defender out of the way for the loose ball. The score was 2-1 going into the half.
After scoring opportunities from both sides, Framingham State’s Sydney Buono converted off a pass from Jillian Kokernak to knot the game up at two.
The Rams pulled ahead in the 61st minute as Donelly started the play off with a penalty corner and ended with a tip-in-goal off the shot attempt by Ackerman.
A little over two minutes later, the Mustangs answered with a short-side goal from Minicucci to send the game to overtime.
Just 17 seconds into overtime, Melissa McNamara sprinted down the middle and split two defenders to score the game-winner for Mount Ida.
Mount Ida outshot Framingham State 19-13 with an 11-7 advantage in shots on goal. Rams goalkeeper Haley Duggan made seven saves and Mustangs goalie Grace Ryan recorded four saves.
Framingham State falls to 2-10 on the season.
Framingham State lost to Southern Maine 4-0 on Oct. 8.
The only goal scored in the first half was the Huskies’ Kaitlin Hilton converting off a pass from Maggie Redman.
In the 38th minute it was Hilton scoring again to make it a 2-0 game. Jennifer Poulin extended the lead for the Huskies at the 54:16 mark.
The Fnal goal of the game was scored by Leanne Reichert with Tayla Smedberg getting credit for the assist.
Every goal was assisted in the win for Southern Maine. The Huskies outshot the Rams 19-4 on the day. Duggan recorded eight saves while Elizabeth Amadei saved all four shots she faced for Southern Maine.
The Rams fall to 2-11 on the season and 1-7 in the Little East Conference.
The struggles continue for Framingham State losing to Worcester State 5-0 on Oct. 11.
Worcester State’s Kayla Quinn was a force in the game, scoring four of the five goals. She scored the first goal of the game coming at the 19:30 mark getting the ball passed the right side of Duggan.
Just two minutes later, Quinn shot the ball on net and Jessica Wilding gathered the deflection to send it home and extend the lead.
Later in the first half, Jolane Thibault sent a backwards pass to Quinn who put the ball in the back of the cage for her second goal.
In the second half it was all Quinn, completing her hat trick at the 36:01 mark to make it a 4-0 game. She then added an insurance goal in the 51st minute to give her four on the day.
Framingham State didn’t have a shot on goal until five minutes left in the game. Worcester State had a 21-3 shot advantage at the end of the contest.
Duggan recorded seven saves for the Rams and Lancers goalkeeper Kathryn Salemme did not have to make a save in the win.
The Rams move to 2-12 on the season and 1-8 in the LEC. They return to action Saturday Oct. 15 to play Western Connecticut State.