May 3, 2008

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Washington, D.C. -- No. 4 Georgetown fought back from a three-goal deficit at halftime and held an 11-9 lead with a minute to play, but Penn State scored two goals to force overtime and tallied the game-winner in the extra session as the Hoyas fell to the Nittany Lions, 12-11.

The loss drops Georgetown to 9-4 overall and 5-2 in the ECAC, while Penn State improves to 7-7 overall and 2-5 in league play.

Penn State had jumped out to a 7-4 lead at the half, but Georgetown scored five unanswered goals to start the third quarter to take a 9-7 lead. Junior Stevie Bauer (Red Bank, N.J./Peddie School) scored on an assist from senior Andrew Baird (Baltimore, Md./Loyola Blakefield) and senior Dan D'Agnes (Manhasset, N.Y./Chaminade) recorded one on an assist from sophomore Craig Dowd (East Northport, N.Y./Northport) as the Hoyas pulled to within 7-6 in the opening three minutes of the second half.

Dowd, who scored three goals and had two assists to lead GU, fed unior Ben Hostetler (Ellicott City, Md./River Hill) for the equalizer with 5:11 to play in the third quarter. D'Agnes followed with an unassisted goal less than a minute later as the Hoyas took their first lead of the game with 4:19 to play. Freshman Max Seligmann (Essex Falls, N.J./Delbarton) then fed sophomore Andrew Brancaccio (Chevy Chase, Md./Georgetown Prep) for a score with 2:52 to play as the GU lead grew to 9-7. A goal from Max VanArsdale with 2:30 to play in the third cut the Georgetown lead to 9-8.

Penn State tied the game at 9-all on a score from Bubba Smith to open the fourth quarter, but the Hoyas seemed poised to close out the game after scoring two-straight goals. Baird tallied an unassisted marker with 6:09 to play and freshman Dan Hostetler (Ellicott City, Md./River Hill) fed Dowd for a score with 5:27 to play, making it 11-9 Georgetown.

The Nittany Lions, however, scored with 44 seconds left on a goal from VanArsdale and then won the ensuing face-off and scored with 37 seconds left on a goal from Mike Toner to send the game into overtime.

VanArsdale tallied the game-winner with 2:23 to play, lifting the Nittany Lions to the upset.

Georgetown held the advantage in shots (54-35), while Penn State controlled ground balls (41-38) and face-offs (15-of-25).

Dowd finished with three goals and two assists, while D'Agnes added two goals and Baird had a goal and an assist.