WEST HARTFORD, Conn. - Hartford broke a 2-2 tie in the 74th minute with a goal Sierra Stone to earn a 3-2 win over Fairleigh Dickinson on Sunday afternoon.
Stone scored her third of the season off an assist from Kaila Lozada that beat
Amanda Fitzgerald (Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem East) high and to the left from the middle of the 18-yard box.
"We showed what we are capbable of in the first 15. Then we showed how quickly it can breakdown," said head coach
Eric Teepe postgame. "Our team needs to win more segements of the game and we are stuggling to hold on when put under pressure. Hartford is a team that will finish in the top of the America East so we are finding some things but just have to do more that consistently."
Jessi Reinhardt (Friedberg, Germany/Burggymansium) scored twice in the first half for Fairleigh Dickinson (1-4) inside the first 10 minutes. Reinhardt gave the Knights a 1-0 lead in the third minute off a pass from
Elma Kolenovic (Manhattan, N.Y./NYC Lab) for her first goal of the season.
Reinhardt doubled the Knights' lead in the eighth minute off another pass from Kolenovic. Koleovic leads the team with 10 points on the season with the two assists in the game. The two goals were the first goals scored in the first half this season by the Knights.
Hartford (4-1) responded to the Knights fast start and tied the game at two before the first half concluded. Julia Carr made it a one-goal game with her strike in the 24th minute. Lozada tied the game at two five minutes before halftime on a header.
The Knights were limited to three shots after the two by Reinhardt found the back of the net. The Hawks fired 14 with five being on goal. Each sides' goalie made two saves on the afternoon.
Fairleigh Dickinson has a week off before returning to action next Sunday when a trip up to Dartmouth is on the schedule. Start time is slated for 1 p.m. in Hanover, New Hampshire.