CMS Beat Colorado On Last Minute Goal

The CMS Athenas came out on top against West Region rival Colorado College for the second year in a row on Friday night winning 16-15. For the past two years CMS has scored the winning goal against the Tigers in the last few seconds of the game.   CMS is now 4-0 overall.

Colbi Brawner (JR, Bainbridge Island, WA) scored the first goal of the game for CMS assisted by Courtney Cronin (SR, Madison, CT), which started a long offensive streak for the Athenas. They dominated the Tigers in the first half capitalizing on almost every attack opportunity. At halftime the score was 11-6 in CMS’ favor.

Sarah Dick (SO, Beverly, MA) started the second half with a goal before Colorado College made an impressive comeback with five unanswered goals. Molly Murtaugh (SO, Wilton, CT) responded with a free shot to make it 13-11 with 15:59 left to play. Now the pressure was on and goalie Katie Campbell-Morrison (SO, Cleveland, OH) stepped up to hold off a couple of key goals; she had 15 saves in the game overall.

When the time reached 5:21 to play the Tigers caught up to the Athenas tying the score for the first time at 14-14. The Tigers then got a quick goal off which was answered by Murtaugh on a free position to tie the game at 15-15. With nineteen seconds till the whistle, senior captain Cronin fired off a quick-stick from Annie Geissler (JR, Mill Valley) for the CMS win.

It was a competitive game between two very talented teams, but CMS came out as best in the West.