GRANVILLE, Ohio. (October 21, 2021) – The Denison University field hockey team lost for the first time in North Coast Athletic Conference action during the 2021 season as the Big Red came up short 3-2 in a shootout against Earlham College on Thursday night inside Deeds Field-Piper Stadium.

After only three shots by Denison (7-6 overall, 4-1 NCAC) during regulation and none from Earlham (13-2, 4-1), the Big Red exploded for six shots in the first overtime period, two each by Kristin Kelley, AC Veith and Ana Ortiz-DeRosa, and all six of which were saved by the Quakers' Meg Murphy.

Then in the second overtime, it was Earlham who fired six shots, forcing Maren Kraak to make each of her four saves of the night.

In the shootout, Earlham stared out with a miss and Veith followed with a goal to put Denison up 1-0. Then a make by Earlham followed by a goal by Madeleine Hunt made it 2-1 Big Red two rounds in.

The two teams then traded two rounds of misses as the Big Red missed a chance to put it away in round four, and then in round five a make for Earlham was followed by a miss by Denison to keep it going.

One more miss by each team brought it to round seven, where a fifth straight miss by Denison left the door open for the game winner from Earlham's Denise Bergdolt.

Next up, the Big Red will have two days to regroup and prepare for a matchup with DePauw University at 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 23, from Deeds Field-Piper Stadium.