Blazers Fall to the Pride in Overtime

CHICOPEE, MA - Elms College junior Victoria Accorsi scored the Blazers first goal at home this season, giving Elms the lead heading into the half. The Blazers fought hard for sixty minutes and continued into a 7v7 overtime battle where they fell 2-1 in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) match up against the Regis College Pride.

BASICS

Score: Blazers 1 | Pride 2

Records: Blazers (0-10, 0-4) | Pride (4-9, 3-1)

How it Happened

Junior Victoria Accorsi scored the Blazers first goal on Leary Field for the 2022-23 season. With Accorsi's goal late in the first half it put the Blazers up 1-0 leading into the half.

The Blazers led the first half in shots taking six and having five on-goal, including Accorsi's goal. Elms also had a total of four corners that helped them sneak the goal in. Regis had a taken three shots in the first half with one goal, that was saved by Kaitlyn Lynes, and the Pride had two corner attempts in the first half.

Elms controlled the third quarter, pretecting the net and keping the lead. Regis had two shots on goal late in the third to attempt at cracking the scoreboard but Lynes denied both, keeping the game scorless for the Pride.

It wasn't until the 47th minute when Regis' Ava Costello slipped a shot right passed the Blazers defense and goalkeeper to tie up the game 1-1. With more than 10 minutes left in the contest neither team was able to score, sending them into overtime.

Both teams had scoring opportunities but were unsuccessful in the first OT. Elms' Hannah St. John was awarded a penalty kick, but was unable to hit the back of the cage. With just 24 seconds left, Accorsi had another crack at the cage but slipped it wide. 

With the second overtime in action, the Blazers were unable to get the ball out of their defensive circle. After four shot attempts and three saves by Lynes, the Pride clinched the win. Scoring in the 77:30th minute mark Sarah Juskiewicz scored the winning goal to seal the 2-1 victory over the Blazers.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Kaitlyn Lynes attained 12 saves on 14 shots on-goal.
• Victoria Accorsi had 5 shots with 4 on-goal, and scoring the Blazer first goal on Leary Field this season.
• Hannah St. John aslo had 5 shots with 4 on-goal. And had the assist on Accorsi's goal.

NEXT UP

The Blazers head to St. Joseph (CT) to face the Blue Jays on Tuesday, October 4th at 6PM for a GNAC match. Head to ecblazers.com to follow all the live action.