Field Hockey Scores Three Goals in Five Minutes to Complete Comeback in Overtime at Richmond

Friday, October 16

Richmond, Va.

5 PM

University of Delaware

(6-7)

Richmond

(8-5)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
Delaware	0	0	0	2	1	3
Richmond	2	0	0	0	0	2

Lily Cosner, Amanda Rattay, Saar de Boer

Photo by: Mikey Reeves

Field Hockey Scores Three Goals in Five Minutes to Complete Comeback in Overtime at Richmond

10/16/2026 8:24:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score

RICHMOND, Va. - University of Delaware field hockey defeated Richmond 3-2 in overtime by scoring three-unanswered goals across five minutes on Friday.

Lily Cosner scored the game-winning goal in overtime on a redirection off of a penalty corner attempt.

HEN HIGHLIGHTS

Livia van't Hek scored her team-leading seventh goal of the season.
Alexa Michielsen evened things up in the 58th minute, sending the contest to an extra period.
Lily Cosner scored in overtime to seal victory for the Hens.
Delaware outshot Richmond 12-4 and outcornered them 8-2 in the second half.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Delaware conceded two goals in the first frame to the Spiders on six shots.
In the second stanza, Richmond again took six tries, coming up scoreless. Prentice made four saves in the first half.
Starting off the second half, UD brought out heavy defensive pressure, holding Richmond to just one shot and one penalty corner. On the offensive side, Delaware had five shots and four corners, unable to capitalize on any of the opportunities.
In the fourth stanza with three minutes remaining, a Richmond defender deflected a pass to van't Hek who was able to send it over three defenders and the goalkeeper to get Delaware on the board. One minute later, Alexa Michielsen drove into the right side of the circle, sending in a shot that deflected off of the goalie's pad and into the net.
The Blue & Gold went into its second-consecutive overtime game where just 70 seconds into the extra time, Delaware was awarded a penalty corner that Linde van Leeuwen sent towards the cage that was redirected by Cosner.

GAME NOTES

This is the first time that UD has played two-straight overtime games since September 22-24 of 2017.
This was the first overtime goal of Cosner's career.
Michielsen's goal was her 10th since joining the Blue Hens.
This was Delaware's first overtime win under Tara Zollinger.
Gabby Prentice recorded her fifth-career win in the cage.

UP NEXT
The Blue Hens stay down in Richmond, Va. to complete a weekend of games against Atlantic 10 schools. They take on VCU next on Sunday, October 18 at 1 p.m.

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