Box Score POTSDAM, NY – SUNY Potsdam scored with 30 seconds left in the third period to force overtime, and eventually won in the extra frame, 4-3 over Chatham University on Saturday. Chatham falls to 3-12-2 overall and 2-8-0 in the ECAC-West. Potsdam moves to 9-6-3 overall and 5-3-3 in the conference.

Casey Morfeld gave the Cougars a 1-0 lead with an unassisted goal at the 6:10 mark of the first period. Potsdam tied the game six minutes later with a goal from Amanda Peterson.

After the Bears took a 2-1 lead early in the second period, Chatham scored a pair of goals just 27 seconds apart to gain a 3-2 lead. Katrina Hawkins scored the tying goal, with an assist from Brittany Yoisten. Brianna Rice then scored, as Kaitlyn Perrins and Jenny Jones recorded the assists.

That 3-2 lead held until late in the third period, when Jordan Ott scored for Potsdam, as the Bears had pulled their goaltender. Just 31 seconds into overtime, Ott struck again, finding the back of the net to give the Bears the 4-3 victory.

Hawkins and Morfeld each recorded four shots for Chatham. McKenzie Haskins tallied three. In net, Megan Buchanan made 47 saves. Potsdam out-shot Chatham 51-19 for the game. Both teams were 0-2 on their power play.

Chatham travels to conference foe Neumann University next weekend for games on Friday and Saturday.

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Chatham University, founded in 1869, is located in the vibrant Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh, PA. Preparing students from around the world, Chatham's enrollment throughout the past decade was the fastest growing in the Pittsburgh region.

Consisting of a historic, undergraduate women's college and graduate and online programs for both men and women, Chatham has consistently been ranked among the top master's level institutions in the Northeast by U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review. Offering challenging academics and innovative programming in the fields of sustainability and the environment, the health sciences, and business & entrepreneurship, a Chatham education is designed to meet the needs of tomorrow's economy, today.

Chatham has also demonstrated institutional commitments to reach carbon neutrality by 2025 as a charter signatory of the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment, has been named to The Princeton Review's 2013 Green Honor Roll as one of the most environmentally responsible universities in the U.S. and Canada, received a STARS Gold Rating in recognition of its sustainability achievements from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), and is the alma mater of environmental icon and Silent Spring author, Rachel Carson (class of '29).

For more information, call 800-837-1290 or visit www.chatham.edu.