RICHMOND, Ind. — It came down to a shootout.

The Earlham College field hockey team battled through a pair of overtimes and then a shootout on Friday as the Quakers fell 2-1 to Oberlin College in Darrell Beane Stadium.

The North Coast Athletic Conference match was tied 1-1 after regulation. In the shootout, Christine Ferguson (Montclair, NJ, Montclair) scored to start the series of five attempts by each team. Kate Birdsall (Georgetown, ME, Morse ) scored Earlham's other goal during the shootout.

Oberlin (3-7, 2-7) scored three times, including on a penalty shot that was awarded after Earlham goalkeeper Emma Treece (Kettering, OH, Kettering Fairmont) had apparently stopped a shot attempt. None of the goals or saves count in the official stats with Oberlin being awarded a team goal for the entire shootout.

The Yeowomen scored in the first half at 18:04 to grab a 1-0 advantage by intermission.
Earlham's Neo Khalema (Yellow Springs, OH, St. Michael's) tied the match at 52:35 of the second period with an assist from Bailey Heinzen (Glenview, IL, Glenbrook South).

Treece had eight save for the Quakers, while Birdsall and Sam Bielanski (Glenview, IL, Glenbrook South) each had a defensive save.

The Quakers (0-12, 0-10) entertain the College of Wooster on Saturday. The NCAC contest gets underway at 1 p.m.