Field Hockey Rallies to Top Richmond in Overtime

Friday, September 5

Richmond, Va.

5 p.m.

James Madison University

(2-2)

Richmond

(1-2)

James Madison

Richmond

9/5/2025 8:25:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score

RICHMOND, Va. – James Madison's Madelief Molier crossed to Skyler Brown, who took an off-balance shot to the bottom left corner for the overtime gamewinner in a 2-1 victory against Richmond on Friday night at Crenshaw Field in non-conference field hockey action.

Trailing 1-0 with under two minutes to play, Azul Covarrubias sent a hard pass into the circle, which was deflected high to the top left corner by Julie Narleski to force the extra period of play. At the time, JMU had an extra attacker on after taking goalkeeper Molly Schreiner off with 2:27 remaining in regulation.

The Dukes (2-2) limited Richmond (1-2) to just two shots in the final two periods and drew eight corners compared to four for the Spiders across the third and fourth quarters.

Brown and Narleski's goals marked the first of their senior campaigns, with Brown's score being the fourth game-winning goal of her career. Schreiner stood tall with seven saves, including a diving stop on a penalty stroke late in the third period.

Amy Stripling scored the lone goal for the Spiders on a penalty corner with assists from Jess McMeeking and Camila Daud. In goal, Amanda Cimillo matched Schreiner with seven saves, facing 19 shots and 10 corners from the Dukes.

Quoting Head Coach Christy Morgan
"An incredible team effort, belief and finish. This game was about the we not the me! Everyone stepped up to the challenge, and it was a phenomenal finish. Team effort, awesome outcome!"

How It Happened

Both defenses played tight in the opening frame, with each team registering just one shot in the opening frame.
Richmond applied more pressure in the second with seven shots and five penalty corners, but Schreiner turned away all four of the Spiders' shots on goal to keep the game 0-0 through 30 minutes.
Schreiner came up huge on a penalty stroke against Valen Luna Paratore with a diving save to the right post.
UR finally broke through on the following penalty corner scored by Stripling which trickled past the JMU defense with assists from McMeeking and Daud.
The Dukes registered 11 shots and earned seven corners in the corner, but trailed 1-0 heading into the fourth.
At the 1:42 mark of the final frame, with an extra attacker on, Narleski deflected a hard pass in the circle from Covarrubias that found the top left corner for the equalizer and forced an extra period of play.
In overtime, Molier drove down the right side and dished the ball in front to Brown, who spun around and shot to the bottom left post to walk it off for the Dukes.

Game Notes

The victory was JMU's first in overtime since topping American in double overtime last season, 3-2, on Sept. 6.
Through four games, the Dukes have allowed only one first-half goal, which came against Villanova on Aug. 29 – the first contest of the season.
Coming into the game, JMU had only recorded 10 penalty corners through its first three games.

Up Next
The Dukes will head to our nation's capital to take on American on Sunday. Game time at Jacobs Recreational Complex is slated for 1 p.m. and will stream on ESPN+.