GENESEO, NY – The SUNY Geneseo Knights slipped past the Houghton Highlanders on Tuesday afternoon, 2-1, after a Houghton defender accidentally knocked the game-winning goal into her own cage in the 42^nd minute.
 
The Knights scored the opening goal in the 21^st minute when Grace Olczak pulled the ball out of a scrum in front of the net and laced a shot past the Houghton keeper.
 
Houghton tied the score in the third quarter on penalty corner after the Highlanders inserted the ball to Deb Cross at the top, who passed to Cedar Smith on the near side, who found Hunzinger on the far side, who ripped a shot from near the top of the circle, through a crowd of defenders and into the cage for her seventh goal of the season.
 
With less than four minutes to play in the third quarter, the Knights inserted a penalty corner and played a lofted ball toward the goal from near the circle.  In an attempt to bat the ball away from the goal, a Houghton defender accidentally deflected the ball out of the air and past Houghton's goalie into the cage for the game-winning goal.
 
GAME VITALS
Score: Houghton – 1 | SUNY Geneseo – 2
Records: Houghton: 9-3 | SUNY Geneseo: 8-4
Venue: College Stadium, SUNY Geneseo | Attendance: 112

SCORING SUMMARY
 

20:39		Grace Olczak
34:51		Jace Hunzinger (7) Assisted By: Cedar Smith
41:15		Team Assisted By: Darby Matthews

NOTABLE STATS
>> Houghton goalie, Annika Galen, made 12 saves, while Sara Carter and Cate Westenberger picked up defensive saves.
 
>> The Knights maintained a commanding 20-3 advantage in shots, and an 18-2 lead in penalty corners.
 
UP NEXT
The grueling stretch of tough opponents won't stop for the Highlanders, as they head to Oneonta this weekend to take on the Hartwick Hawks at 11:00 a.m.  The two teams last met in the Empire 8 championship game last fall, when the Hawks defeated the Highlanders, 4-0.