Newberry, S.C. - The Newberry Field Hockey Team came into their Senior Day game looking to secure the first ever season sweep of the Limestone Saints and secure the two-seed in the upcoming South Atlantic Conference Carolinas Tournament. After a quick start for the Wolves, the Saints chipped away and were able to score in the last 30 seconds to give them the 3-2 win at Setzler Field on Saturday Afternoon.

Newberry opened the scoring with just under five minutes left in the first as Kelli Marshall, who was honored in the pregame alongside her fellow seniors, fittingly scored her first goal of the season off of a Yasmin De Meyer assist from a Lily Drury penalty corner and the Wolves were off and running. With time waning down on the quarter, Millie Gallagher took a penalty corner that found its way to in front of the net where Rachel Crowder was there to put it home and give the Scarlet and Gray the 2-0 lead that they would tak. The action was heavy in the Wolves attacking zone in the first half of play as they outshot the Saints 11-3 and had nine penalty corners to Limestone's one. However, Tereza Koprivova was great for the Saints between the posts after those two early goals, denying the Wolves on several good scoring opportunities throughout the game.

After the half, the Wolves looked to capitalize on the many opportunities they had in the first 30 minutes of action. However, Limestone would have other plans as Kelly Diplock would find Liz Halberstadt off the penalty corner to cut the Wolves lead in half. Despite the early goal the Wolves would still force two saves from Koprivova but could not find the breakthrough as we headed to the final 15 minutes of action. 

Just over three minutes into the final frame, Kelly Diplock would have a great opportunity to equalize the game but Grace Lee was there to smother it. However, as Lee tried to clear the ball, Diplock continued to press and intercepted the clearance and slotted into the open net to equalize the score. The Wolves would be given a golden opportunity to score the winner as in the middle portions of the quarter, they were awarded three consecutive penalty corners and put four shots on goal from those corners but Koprivova would stand strong and keep the score level, saving all four shots. As time waned down and overtime seemed imminent, a green card was shown to Marissa Plumer and off the ensuing restart, Kelly Diplock would beat Lee and give the Saints the win in the final seconds. 

With the regular season complete, the Wolves turn their attention to the SACC Tournament where they will be the four-seed and will face fifth-seeded Mount Olive for the second time in six days at Setzler Field. The game is scheduled to begin at 6 PM. The winner of that game will move on to face top-seeded Converse in Spartanburg, S.C. for a spot in the SACC Championship.