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Cheshire's Emma Farrel Lifts SCSU Field Hockey to Victory in Final Minute
Farrel, a freshman, scored the lone goal of the game with 1:30 left in regulation to beat Mercy.
Cheshire’s Emma Farrel, a freshman on the Southern Connecticut State University field hockey team, lifted the Owls to a 1-0 victory over Mercy by scoring the game-winning goal with only 1 minute, 30 seconds left in regulation Wednesday in Dobbs Ferry, New York.
Farrel was assisted by Branford’s Colleen Murphy on the winning score.
Southern improved to 2-6 with the win, while Mercy dropped to 0-10.
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Owls’ goalie Audrey Dolloff (Raynham, Mass.) stopped five shots to earn the shutout and the victory.
SCSU was outshot 12-8 and out cornered, 10-7, in the game, but it was Farrel’s second goal of the year that proved to be the difference.
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The Owls are back in action on Monday for a road game at LIU-Post.
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