ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Senior Amanda D'Amico (Smithtown/Smithtown West) scored her first goal of the season 5:01 into overtime as the Cortland field hockey team earned a back-and-forth 4-3 victory at nationally 14th-ranked Rochester on Tuesday night. The Red Dragons improved to 3-1 with the win, while the Yellowjackets dropped to 2-2.

Four different Cortland players tallied goals in the game. Seniors Amanda Glaser (Melville/Walt Whitman), Molly Quinlan (Fayetteville/Fayetteville-Manlius) and Sara Reardon (Little Falls) joined D'Amico in the scoring column. Senior Hannah Burchell (Whitney Point) recorded two assists, and junior Allie Bianchi (Richmond, VT/Mount Mansfield Union) chipped in with an assist. Senior goalie Marisa D'Amico (Smithtown/Smithtown West) made 10 saves.

Colleen Maillie led Rochester with one goal and one assist. Leona Fisher and Amanda Strenk each scored a goal, and Julia McDonough registered an assist. Goalie Kate Kujawa turned aside three shots.

Glaser got the seesaw battle started with a shot from seven yards out 6:34 into the second quarter assisted by Bianchi. Maillie tied the game less than three minutes later on a goal from the right of the circle off an assist from McDonough.

After a scoreless third quarter, action picked up in the final 15 minutes of regulation. Quinlan put Cortland ahead just 37 seconds into the quarter, tapping in a pass from the top of the circle from Burchell after a penalty corner. Fisher pulled the Yellowjackets even again at the 53:53 mark with a mid-air deflection off a long pass from Maillie.

The tie game was short-lived as Reardon gave the Red Dragons back the lead at 3-2 just 1:19 later on a high bouncing shot into the top of the cage. Rochester wasted little time in scoring the equalizer when Strenk sent a low shot inside the right post 19 seconds later to send the game into overtime.

Cortland controlled much of the play in the extra session, outshooting the Yellowjackets, 5-1. D'Amico's game-winning goal came 5:01 into overtime when she tapped in a rebound after Kujawa made a sprawling helmet save on Burchell's one timer off a cross from freshman Lily Fox (Northport) as Cortland came away with the victory. 

Cortland 4, Rochester 3 (OT)

Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists):
Cortland: Amanda Glaser 1-0, Molly Quinlan 1-0, Sara Reardon 1-0, Amanda D'Amico 1-0, Hannah Burchell 0-2, Allie Bianchi 0-1
Rochester: Colleen Maillie 1-1, Leona Fisher 1-0, Amanda Strenk 1-0, Julia McDonough 0-1

Halftime: Cortland 1, Rochester 1
Shots: Rochester 26, Cortland 9
Penalty Corners: Rochester 9, Cortland 5
Saves: Marisa D'Amico (Cortland) 10 (3 GA in 65:01), Kate Kujawa (Rochester) 3 (4 GA in 65:01)

Record after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 3-1, Rochester (Yellowjackets) 2-2 (ranked 14th in Div. III)