The University of Mary Washington field hockey team trailed 3-1 in the fourth quarter, but a pair of scores in the final five minutes tied the score, and another provided the game winner, as UMW topped Rhodes College, 4-3, on Saturday in Memphis. The Eagles improve to 3-0 on the season.
After a scoreless first quarter, the Lynx caged goals in the second and third quarters to take a 2-0 lead. Paige Stewart cut the Eagle deficit in half at 42:24 on a Sydney Keating assist, but Rhodes answered with their third tally early in the fourth quarter.
From there, UMW rallied, as Monique Lipton scored at 55:43, with assists from Sydney Keating and Emma Bernard. Keating then knotted the score at 57:48 on a Bernard assist, and Bernard caged her sixth of the season unassisted, 1:26 into overtime.
Rhodes led in shots, 14-10, while the Eagles led in penalty corners, 10-2. Eagle 'keeper Bailey McNabb made five saves on the day.
UMW will be back in action on Wednesday when they visit Shenandoah University at 7:00 p.m.