Box Score UTICA, N.Y. (September 15, 2012) – Junior forward
Marguerite Chavez (Oceanport, N.J.) scored the game-winner with 1:31 remaining in regulation as the Stevens Institute of Technology field hockey team earned a 3-2, come-from-behind win over Utica College on Saturday afternoon at Charles A. Gaetano Stadium in Utica, N.Y. Senior forward
Mary Nikish (Pittsford, N.Y.) assisted the clincher and finished with four points in the game.
Utica jumped on top 5:33 into the action on a goal from sophomore back
Angela Charles (Liverpool, N.Y.). Charles was able to tip in a shot off the stick of sophomore midfielder
Alaina Stojkovski (Liverpool, N.Y.).
The Ducks pulled even in the 17th minute behind junior back
Grace Ridge's (Moorestown, N.J.) first score of the season. Senior forward
Mary Nikish (Pittsford, N.Y.) inserted to Ridge on a penalty corner and the Stevens junior tucked her shot inside the left post to tie the game at one.
Just 2:02 later, the hosts took a 2-1 lead when sophomore
Louise Steele-Norton (Avondale, Pa.) scored after knocking down a shot from junior midfielder
Ally Sanders (Endicott, N.Y.). Sanders was credited with the assists as Utica went into the locker room with a 2-1 advantage.
Stevens dominated the second half of play but were unable to get things even until the 61st minute when sophomore midfielder
Jill Fiebel (Roxbury, N.J.) notched an unassisted tally to tie things at two. Stevens, which did not allow a Utica shot over the final 12:40 of action, continued to press, finally taking the lead for good with 1:31 to go. On the play, Ridge passed to Nikish who crossed in front to Chavez for the her team-high sixth goal of the season.