Madison Field Hockey Eliminated in Shootout

The field hockey team saw its season come to an end on Thursday after a hard-fought game at rival Chatham in the North 1, Group II sectional tournament. The Dodgers would fall in a shootout, after playing to a 2-2 tie in regulation and then a stalemate in two overtimes.

IN SHORT

Chatham's Natalia Maurillo scored what proved to be the clincher in the second round of penalty shots, after the first round still left the teams deadlocked. The goal put the pressure on the next Madison shooter, Tori Ellis, and Chatham goalie Kimmy Pyhel. Pyhel came up with the stop to secure the victory for the Cougars.

The game would have never gone into overtime if Madison's Lexi Dellavia hadn't found a way to score in the final second of regulation on a feed from Michelle Montagna. The goal came after Madison had a number of other attempts to tie the game at 2, all of which came up empty.

No one on either team could find the goal in the two overtimes that follwed, which came after two tightly contested halfs in regulation.

Chatham scored the game's first goal in the first half when Maurillo scored on an assist by Bridget McNally. With 10 minutes left in the half, Madison's Skyler Oates scored with an assist from Rachel Alvery.

The second half was a dogfight with neither team taking the advantage until the four-minute mark when Natalia Maurillo scored again for the Cougars on a penalty shot. Dellavia would then tie it to send it into overtime.

THEY SAID IT

"An unbelievable game. It is real hard to lose on a double-overtime and strokes. I am so proud of the kids; they played their hearts out. In a situation like that, it can go either way. A great game."—Madison Head Coach Ann Marie Davies