With an appearance in the NCAA championship game on the line, No. 5 Maryland field hockey and No. 9 Liberty went into the second overtime with the score knotted at 2-2.
After Maryland crawled back from a two-goal deficit, it was Liberty that delivered the decisive strike to abruptly end the Terps’ title aspirations with under two minutes left on the clock.
Both teams were visibly tired and the Flames caught the Terps in transition. Liberty’s Kelsey Heltzel sprinted down the field, putting Maryland in a two-on-one defensively, then slotted the ball across to the left side to forward Charlotte Vaanhold who took a rising shot that made its way into the Terps’ net to seal the game in sudden death.