Box Score 
RICHMOND, Va. – It looks like the Virginia Commonwealth
University Field Hockey team is getting the hang of overtime.
Virginia Commonwealth University won its third overtime match
in a month when sophomore Kelsey
Scherrer (Chesapeake, Va.) scored 6:54 into the extra
period to lift the Rams to a 4-3 victory over James Madison Friday
night a Cary Street Field.
VCU has won nine of 11 matches to improve to 9-4 overall,
including 4-1 in Colonial Athletic Association play. Earlier
this season the Rams snapped a nine-match overtime losing streak.
Now, VCU has won three in a row in extra time. James Madison slips
to 7-7 overall and 3-2 in the CAA.
The victory also moves the Black and Gold half a game ahead of Old
Dominion for second place in the CAA standings. ODU lost to Drexel
Friday night to slide to 3-1 in league play. VCU and ODU meet on
Oct. 22 in Norfolk, Va.
With the score tied a 3-3, Scherrer ran onto and deflected
a hard through ball from senior
Marle van
Dessel (Oisterwijk, Netherlands) up and over JMU
keeper Stephanie Tarafas for the victory. The goal set off an
electric celebration by the Rams, who had not defeated James
Madison since 2004.
VCU surpassed its win total from last season with Friday's victory
and has now won four CAA matches for the first time since
2003.
Scherrer finished with two goals and an assist on the evening. The
2009 All-CAA Second Team pick scored just 1:41 into the contest
when she intercepted a loose ball deep in the Dukes' zone and
chipped it into the cage. Scherrer has a team-high nine goals and
22 points this season.
Marle and Flore van
Dessel each scored a goal off a penalty corner in the
first half as the Rams stormed out to a 3-1 advantage.
James Madison countered in the second half with goals by Auburn
Weisensale and Amy Daniel in the 45th and
66th minutes, respectively, to send the game to
overtime.
Junior goalkeeper Erin
Jablonski (Charlottesville, Va.) recorded nine saves
between the pipes for the Rams, including a critical rejection
during a penalty corner early in overtime.
VCU returns to Cary Street Field on Wednesday, Oct. 13, when it
steps out of conference to host Longwood at 6 p.m.
