Box Score CHESTERTOWN, Md. – Christopher Newport University's head field hockey coach, Carrie Moura, earned her 100th career win today as the Captains defeated Washington College 3-2 in overtime. The Captains recovered from a 2-0 deficit to take the Shorewomen into overtime.

Seven minutes into the first half Washington College scored their first goal as Gussie Reilly took a reverse shot from the top of the circle on a penalty corner. Hillary Kane redirected the ball into the cage. Just eight minutes later the Shorewomen struck again putting the Captains down by two.

After a timeout the Captains picked up their intensity and Katelyn Yandle scored at 22:52 after diving for a loose ball in the circle and putting it into the goal. Ten minutes later Yandle struck again off a shot from Caitlin Cahill leaving the game an even 2-2 at halftime.

The second half was a hard fought battle by both teams that saw no goals. The Captains had four shots and one penalty corner to the Shorewomen's six shots and seven corners.

After 70 minutes of play the game was forced to overtime dropping each team to seven players on the field. After eight minutes of play a defender for Washington stopped a ball going into the goal with her body resulting in a penalty stroke for the Captains. CNU sophomore Sarah Wister stepped up and scored the game-winning goal for the Captains giving Head Coach Carrie Moura her 100th victory.

Moura took over the field hockey program at CNU in 2003 just weeks before the first game and posted a 6-8 record. The next year saw marked improvement as the Captains went 12-3. The following year the Captains received a bid to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history after posting a 14-4 record and advanced to the Elite Eight. In 2007 and 2009 the Captains posted a record 16 wins in the season. CNU has advanced to the NCAA Tournament the last four years advancing to at  least the Sweet Sixteen each time.

This is Moura's eighth season with the Captains and has 100 wins and just 33 losses giving her  a .752 win percentage. At the end of 2009 Moura was ranked 11th among active coaches for win percentage with .738.

The Captains return to action on Friday, October 8, as they host Kenyon College at 6:00pm.

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