Box Score ROCHESTER, N.Y. –Gina Cunningham scored 2:37 into the first sudden death overtime period to give the University of Rochester a 1-0 victory over seventh-ranked Skidmore College in field hockey at Edwin Fauver Stadium.
 
Rochester is 10-0 overall, 3-0 in the Liberty League.  The Yellowjackets are ranked 20th in the Division III poll.  The Thoroughbreds, ranked 7th nationally are 7-2 overall, 2-1 in the Liberty League. Skidmore defeated #17 William Smith, 3-1, on Friday afternoon.
 
Early in the overtime, Skidmore's Dani DeGregory (Greenwich, NY/Greenwich) stole the ball in midfield and roared towards goal. Her rising shot was blocked by Lamberti and the Thoroughbreds earned a penalty corner in the ensuing scramble. Off the PC, Jenn Hanks (Niskayuna, NY/Niskayuna) shot wide left from just inside the circle.
 
Rochester eventually flowed into the offensive zone. The ball was tipped away by Skidmore. Cunningham ran it down on the right side of the circle, pivoted from eight yards out, and wristed a shot into the lower left hand corner at 72:37.
 
Amy Beck (Dayton, OH/Oakwood) made three saves for Skidmore, including one with five minutes left in the first half when Beck saved a close-in shot by Michelle Relin.
 
The Thoroughbreds stepped up the pressure in the second half, pushing more bodies forward in hopes that continued offensive presence would produce a tiebreaking goal. Rochester Goaltender Tara Lamberti tipped away a shot by Hanks with the edge of her glove five minutes in. Four minutes later, she stopped a lofted try by Hanks, and blocked an endline shot by Lamoreaux. It led to a penalty corner and she saved from DeGregory on that.
 
Skidmore will host fourth ranked Middlebury College on Oct. 1 at 4 p.m.