AMHERST, Va. – Sweet Briar field hockey (1-3, 0-0 CSAC) fell to the Virginia Wesleyan Marlins (1-3, 0-0 ODAC) 2-1 in a thrilling 2OT tonight at Amherst County High School.
 
While the Vixens dominated the first half of play, the match remained scoreless through the first three quarters.
 
Sweet Briar took the 1-0 lead 41 minutes into the game off of first-year Carlina Christy's (Denver, Pa.) first-ever collegiate goal. Christy beat the Marlins goalkeeper left side off a pass from fellow first-year Jenna Prevet (Nesconset, N.Y.) who had subbed into the game only minutes earlier.
 
With a little over five minutes left to play, Virginia Wesleyan tied things up at one on a breakaway leading to overtime.
 
The first overtime went scoreless despite the Vixens' offensive push with six shots during the 10 minutes.
 
At the 79:12 mark of the game, Stephanie Hoke scored her second of the game to give the Marlins the 2-1 2OT victory.

"[It was a] heartbreaker tonight," said Head Coach Hannah Lott post-game. "The players left it [all] out on the field and played beautiful hockey. We dominated the game. Finishing and urgency will be a priority for us moving forward. Hats off to the Marlins." 
 
Highlights

• Christy tallied her first career goal while J. Prevet earned her first career assist tonight.
• Junior Brynna Hughes (Richmond, Va.) and sophomore Jolin Daughety (Williamsburg, Va.) led the team with five shots on goal.
• Hughes and fellow junior Avery Jones (Union, Conn.) recorded six total shots in the game.

What's Next
Sweet Briar will head to Bridgewater, Va. to take on Bridgewater College on Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 7 p.m.