IU falls 3-2 in OT on the road

The IU field hockey team lost a heartbreaker to Louisville 3-2 in overtime Thursday night.\nAt halftime, the game was scoreless despite Louisville’s 13 shots and nine penalty corners. The Hoosiers failed to record a shot or a penalty corner in the half.\nAlthough Louisville dominated most of the action, IU took advantage of two second-half penalty corners to take a 2-0 lead. Sophomore midfielder Meg O’Connell scored the first goal in the 38th minute on a rebound of junior back Danitra Castro’s penalty corner. Ten minutes later, senior midfielder Amanda Oyler added the second goal off another penalty corner.\nAfter IU’s two goals, Louisville continued to put the pressure on the Hoosiers. The Cardinals finally turned their chances into a goal, with a 63rd minute score on a penalty corner and added the game-tying goal off a penalty corner with only 20 seconds left in the game.\nRiding the momentum into the overtime period, Louisville scored the game-winner 45 seconds into overtime.\nLouisville recorded 25 shots and 19 penalty corners while IU notched four shots and three penalty corners.\nSenior goalkeeper Haley Exner was impressive all night recording 12 saves.