HANOVER, N.H. – Freshman Torrie Huk (Milford, Del.) tallied her first career goal to complete the UMass Lowell field hockey team's comeback effort and seal a 3-2 overtime win at Dartmouth (0-1) on Friday afternoon. With the decision, the River Hawks improve to 3-0 in 2015, marking the squad's best start since 2010.
 
The game-winning goal came just 53 seconds into the overtime period, as senior Sophie Watt (Sawtell, Australia) dished a pass into the circle for Huk, who would fire a hard shot on target.
 
"I thought we played pretty well in both halves," said Head Coach Shannon Hlebichuk. "We were down two goals in the first half, but we just collected ourselves for the second, came out and clawed our way back. We showed a lot of character today in how we responded to being down two goals."
 
Huk and senior Jessica Walsh (North Easton, Mass.) both logged their first career goals in the outing. Junior Annie Villare (Chelmsford, Mass.) added to the come-from-behind win with her first goal of the season, while Watt and sophomore Christa Doiron (Worcester, Mass.) logged one assist each. Sophomore goalkeeper Kelsey Federico (Windham, N.H.) made six stops in the complete-game performance, as well.
 
The Big Green took advantage of back-to-back corners less than four minutes into play, as Brooke Van Valkenburg found the back of the cage to give the home squad an early, 1-0 lead.
 
The River Hawks threatened on corners of their own in the first half. With just over 14 minutes remaining in the period, Watt tallied a pair of shots during a scramble in front of the cage, but both were saved by the opposing keeper. Eight minutes later, Walsh hit the post with a shot from the wing on another set piece.
 
Dartmouth extended its lead to 2-0 with 2:26 left in the first, as Rebecca Hu collected a rebound off of Federico's pads and swept a follow-up shot into the left corner of the cage.
 
UMass Lowell cut the difference to just one coming out of the break when Villare dribbled around the last Dartmouth defender and chipped a shot up and over the keeper with 29:24 still to play.
 
Walsh knotted the score at 2-2 on a corner with just over 21 minutes remaining, sweeping Doiron's inserted ball into the far left corner to send the game into overtime.
 
Friday's contest marked the ninth meeting between UMass Lowell and Dartmouth in the sport of field hockey. The Big Green still own a 7-2 edge in the all-time series. The River Hawks will return to action on Sunday, September 6 when they host in-state foe Holy Cross in a 3 p.m. tilt at Wicked Blue Field.