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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Allison Shade scored twice to power the Slippery Rock University field hockey team to a 2-1 overtime victory against Bloomsburg in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference action Wednesday afternoon from Mihalik-Thompson Stadium.
 
With the win, The Rock extends its win-streak to four games and improves its record to 8-6 overall and 6-4 in PSAC action. Meanwhile, perennial-power Bloomsburg falls to 4-8 overall and 2-7 in conference play.
 
Shade notched two goals, the 15th and 16th of her career, to move into 9th place in SRU program history in career goals.
 
The win represents only the second time the Slippery Rock field hockey program has defeated Bloomsburg in the all-time series that spans 41 games dating back to 1983. The win also moves the 2014 Slippery Rock field hockey team into a tie for 4th place in program history with eight wins in a season, with four games remaining on the schedule.
 
The Huskies struck first midway through the first half as Whitney Kowski blasted a cross from the right side of the circle and found Samantha Peters, who redirected the cross into the back of the cage for a 1-0 lead in the 19th minute.
 
Trailing 1-0, Shade snuck behind the visitor's defensive line before Renee Rosenblum found her with a perfect lead-pass to set up a one-on-one with the goalkeeper. Shade took one touch and buried the shot in the back of the cage for the 1-1 equalizer in the 31st minute.
 
Bloomsburg roared back with a dangerous shot just before the half, but senior defender Baylee Childress stepped in to make a crucial defensive save to send the game into the break knotted at 1-1.
 
The visiting-Huskies continued to pour pressure on offensively, but were bottled up by a swarming Slippery Rock defense. Lauren Shideler made The Rock's second important defensive save in the waning minutes of regulation to send the action into overtime.
 
In the opening minutes of extra time, Bloomsburg turned up the pressure and appeared to have the game-winner in hand before Slippery Rock senior Kelsey Gustafson made a critical sliding defensive save. The rebound caromed off of several bodies before finding the stick of another Huskies player, who delivered a swift strike that clanged off the goal post in a gut-wrenching series of events.
 
Moments later, senior midfielder Kaili Simmons found Shade for the improbable game-winner. Simmons fired a slick pass through a pair of defenders to a streaking Shade, who collected the pass, juked a defender and ripped a shot from the top of the circle past a charging keeper and into the goal for the 2-1 comeback victory.

Despite the loss, Bloomsburg finished with advantages in total shots (14-3), shots on goal (7-2) and penalty corners (9-3). The Rock received three vital defensive saves to limit the Huskies to a single goal.
 
Carlee DuMars earned the win to improve to 8-6 after making three saves and allowing one goal.
 
The Rock returns to PSAC action Saturday at Indiana (Pa.). The game is set to begin at 7 p.m.