Dixie Tournament Championship
No. 2 Greensboro 9, No. 1 Christopher Newport 8 OT

WINCHESTER, Va. - Greensboro College needed overtime Saturday afternoon, but it successfully defended its Dixie Conference Tournament title with a 9-8 overtime victory over No. 1 seeded Christopher Newport.

The 2002 Tournament championship was a rematch of the 2001 contest in which GC was an 8-6 winner.

The Pride (12-5) battled a driving rainstorm to achieve a measure of revenge against regular season champion CNU (6-9). The Lady Captains had claimed their first-ever regular season championship with a 12-8 victory over Greensboro on April 20.

The contest was close throughout, as neither team led by more than two goals after Maggie Olson tied the game at 2-2 with an unassisted tally at the 18:12 mark. Rebecca Beninghove regained the lead for GC 60 seconds later with an unassisted goal of her own. 

The two teams then settled into a defensive struggle, with neither able to score for the rest of the first half.

The second half was higher scoring, but remained close as the two teams found themselves tied on six different occasions and traded the lead twice. Olson, who had a game high four goals, tied the game for the last time with 3:43 left when she converted on her second free position opportunity of the half.

Both teams then had excellent scoring chances in the two three-minute overtime periods, and Laura Henry became the hero when she slipped a 10 yard shot past CNU keeper Elizabeth Werbiskis with 58 seconds remaining in the first overtime period.

Linescore 
GC 03-05-01--09
CNU 02-06-00--08

GC Goals/Assists: Laura Henry 3-0; Lorin Smith 3-2, Rebecca Beninghove 2-0; Yvette Jones 1-1; Emily Knapp 0-1.
CNU Goals/Assists: Maggie Olson 4-0; Kristin Johnson 1-0; Elaine Kirby 1-2; Sarah Cockerille 1-0; Meagan Pfarr 1-0; Silver 0-1.

GC Goalkeeping: Stephanie Schaeffer 7 saves.
CNU Goalkeeping: Elizabeth Werbiskis 6 saves.

Ground Balls: GC 25; CNU 40.

Draw Control: GC 9; CNU 12.

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