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Kaitlin Bardellini giving everything
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Winner Castleton CASTLETO (4-3)
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New England Col. NEW ENGL (5-2)
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Castleton CASTLETO
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New England Col. NEW ENGL
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Castleton CASTLETO 0 0 1 1 1 3
New England Col. NEW ENGL 0 0 2 0 0 2

Game Recap: Field Hockey |

Bardellini Bags Golden Goal, Field Hockey Prevails over NEC

HENNIKER, N.H. – The Castleton field hockey team needed more than 60 minutes to knock off New England College, 3-2, on Sunday afternoon, using a golden goal from Kaitlin Bardellini in the 67th minute. The Spartans netted all three scores after facing a 2-0 deficit, coming from behind to take their first road victory.

Bardellini poked in two goals on the day while Amelie Steinel found paydirt for the third time in her career. Emily Harris served up assists on both regulation goals and Amelia Wilson dropped the dime to Bardellini's game-winner. Senior captain Bardellini led the squad with seven shots on goal, the Northfield, N.H. native's highest mark since September 28, 2019 at UMass Dartmouth.

Freshman goalkeeper Zoe Martin knocked away three Pilgrim shots in the first half as neither side gave up a score. NEC's Lilli McCormack broke the drought with a goal three minutes into the third period following a Pilgrim corner. Drea Chin extended the home team's lead in the 39th minute, breaking through the Spartan defense and making it a 2-0 game. Castleton wasted little time to get one back as Harris found Bardellini on a short cross at the end of the quarter to bring the Spartans within a score.

The green and white attacked the Pilgrims' goal to start the final quarter, launching four shots in the first seven minutes before Harris hit Steinel for the equalizer. NEC had two players flagged with yellow cards, spurring a two-man advantage for the Spartans. However, the visitors could not convert and the game entered a sudden-death overtime period. Castleton dominated possession for nearly the entirety of overtime and held the Pilgrims shotless. The Spartans fired a quartet of shots before Wilson took advantage of a seam and pushed a ball toward the goal as Bardellini provided the tap-in for a golden goal. This marked the Spartans' first golden goal since Gabriella Hunt fired the game-winning score in the semifinals of the 2018 LEC tournament.

Castleton is back home at Dave Wolk Stadium on Friday, September 23 at 6 p.m. against conference foe Eastern Connecticut State.

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