Oct. 24, 2015
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By Mike Gilbert, GoPSUsports.com Student Staff Writer
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. ââ'¬" With no time left in regulation, and Penn State with one more opportunity in a tie game on a penalty corner, Aurelia Meijer took control.
"The only thing I was thinking was we are not going to overtime. I don't want overtime," said Meijer. On the second penalty corner in a row with zero ticks on the clock, Meijer took the feed and rocketed a shot that blew past the Iowa keeper and nailed the bottom right of the goal. It was the first time all season that State was able to control the end of the game and come out with a last second victory.
"I was proud of my team, I was proud of us and I knew we could do this because we have never done this and now we did it," said Meijer.
Not only did Meijer net the game winner, but she also scored Penn State's two other goals. The first came with 24:45 left in the first half that trickled in to the net. She was in good position to nab the rebounded shot. The second goal came with 2:20 left in the first half, which was also a rebounded shot, and the net actually fell down because so many players were around the net hitting into it. Meijer has shown an ability to be in good position even in traffic. Her head coach, Charlene Morett-Curtiss put it best.
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