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Field Hockey. CMU Field Hockey Falls in OT

Andy Sneddon, CMUChippewas.com

ATHENS, Ohio – Maria Russell scored 3 minutes, 46 seconds into overtime Friday as Ohio handed Central Michigan a 4-3 Mid-American Conference loss at the Bobcats’ Pruitt Field.

The Chippewas slipped to 1-9 overall, 0-2 MAC. They play at Kent State on Sunday (noon) in a MAC game. The defending MAC Touranment champion Golden Flashes are 6-5, 2-0.

The three goals were a season-high for the Chippewas, who forced the overtime when Haley Bova scored with just 2:23 remaining in regulation to tie it 3-3. It was Bova's first goal of the season.