MEADVILLE, Pa. -- Bella Cowen (Louisville, Ky./Kentucky Country Day School) scored the game-winning goal in overtime to guide the Allegheny College field hockey team to a 1-0 victory over Oberlin College in their 2024 home finale on Saturday at the Robertson Athletic Complex.
Cowen, who was honored pregame alongside fellow senior
Jenna Cassani (Belgrade, Maine/Messalonskee), punched in the winning goal on Allegheny's 20th penalty corner of the game. It took the Gators (5-12, 5-15 NCAC) nearly 64 minutes to finally solve Oberlin (1-13, 1-9 NCAC) goalkeeper Janny McCormick, who kept the Yeowomen in the contest although the majority of the scoring chances came from Allegheny.
Cassani began the penalty corner from the left side of the goal. Her initial pass went to
Caroline Smith (Colorado Springs, Colo./Liberty) at the top of the arc, and from there, Smith dished the ball back to
Emily Jackson (Oreland, Pa./Springfield Township). Jackson centered the ball towards Cowen, who deflected it inside the back post for her third tally of the season.
Inside the Box Score
- Allegheny more than quadrupled Oberlin's shot total, 22-to-4.
- The Gators put 17 shots on goal, while the Yeowoman recorded two shots on goal.
- In the first half alone, the Gators received 16 penalty corners and finished with 20 total.
- Cowen and Emily Robles (Burlington Township, N.J./Burlington Township) led the Allegheny offense with five shots apiece.
- Cowen scored the game's only goal and was assisted by Jackson.
- Goalie Rowan O'Toote (Glen Burnie, Md./Archbishop Spalding) needed only two saves to preserve her clean sheet.
- Oberlin's Johana Horvath earned the game's only defensive save in the first quarter.
- McCormick made a game-high 15 saves for the Yeowomen.
News and Notes
- The Gators ended the year with an even 5-5 record against NCAC opponents.
- Allegheny has won seven consecutive meetings against Oberlin and are 7-1 all-time against the Yeowomen.
- Four of Allegheny's five wins in 2024 were earned in overtime.
- Cowen's goal was her third of the year and her first game-winner.
- Cowen will graduate first all-time in program history with 38 points and 16 goals.
- Jackson's assist was her second of the season.
- O'Toole earned her third shutout victory and ended the season with a program-record 180 total saves.
