ALBANY, NY - Junior Christina Patrick scored 13 minutes into overtime to give the Great Danes of Albany a 1-0 victory over the Hofstra Pride in the second round of the Capital Land College Classic at the University at Albany Sunday afternoon. Albany improves to 2-0 on the season while the Pride fall to 0-2.

Patrick, a forward from Reading, Pennsylvania, notched her second game-winning, overtime goal of the young season Sunday by coming in from the right, on a one-on-one situation, and beating Hofstra goalie Amanda Heyde for the victory.

For the second consecutive day, Hofstra was kept off the scoreboard despite 11 shots including six on goal. Like Saturday, the Pride started off slow, taking just two shots in the first half. The Great Danes fired seven shots at Heyde in the first 35 minutes, forcing the junior from Yorktown Heights, New York to make three of her seven saves in the contest.

The Pride attacked more in the second half, taking eight shots as Albany sophomore goalie Kristi Troch, who came in at halftime in relief of starting senior Christine Hoffman (1 save), and tallied four saves. But Albany was equally aggressive, taking six shots with Heyde making four saves in the second half.

Hofstra had the first opportunity to win the game in overtime on a shot by sophomore Krizia Layne. But Troch (5 saves) made the save just 1:12 before the winning goal that started on a Pride defensive miscue. Albany outshot the Pride, 14-11 with freshman forward Daphne Voormolen sharing game-high honors with Hofstra junior Genna Kovar with six shots.

The Pride will return to action next Saturday, September 4 when they host the University of Vermont at the Hofstra Field Hockey Stadium at 1 p.m.

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