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HANOVER, N.H. – A season full of growing pains for the Cornell field hockey team came to a disappointing end this afternoon, as the Big Red fell to Dartmouth in overtime, 2-1, at Chase Field in Hanover, N.H. An exceptionally young Cornell squad ended its season with a 7-9 record overall and a mark of 1-6 in the Ivy League.

In her final game wearing the Red and White, senior Alex Botte did all she could to give her team the victory, making 10 saves to keep Cornell in the contest. The Big Red also received a defensive save from sophomore back Keelin Bannon. But the Dartmouth offense was too strong, outshooting the visitors, 20-8 and holding the 13-4 edge in shots on goal. The Big Red defense was impressive, however, in limiting the Big Green to just five penalty corners, well below its season average of 11.7 penalty corners per game.

Dartmouth (10-7, 5-2) opened the scoring in just the fourth minute of action when Meghan Everett put back a rebound off a Botte save to make it a 1-0 game, but the Big Red answered right back with Kat DiPastina scoring off a pass from Brittany Thompson in the 13th minute.

The score remained deadlocked for the next 57:57 before Ali Savage and Lisa Masini teamed up for a 2-1 break to give the Big Green the victory just 48 seconds into overtime.