For the second time in as many days, fourth-ranked Middlebury capitalized on a goal in the final minutes and earned a 1-1 tie Saturday with ninth-ranked Amherst (10-1-3, 6-0-2) in NESCAC women's hockey action. The Panthers (8-2-3, 5-1-2) return to play next weekend when they hit the road for a pair of games at 10th-ranked Bowdoin on Friday at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday at 3:00 p.m. 

A little over halfway through the opening period on the powerplay, Erin Martin got the Jeffs on the board at 10:21 when she put home a rebound just outside the left crease. Martin scored following an initial shot from Alex Toupal on a pass from the right wing by Tori Salmon.

With under three minutes remaining in the period, Middlebury's Maddie Winslow looked to tie the game but was denied on the doorstep and in the process drew a penalty. However, Middlebury couldn't capitalize on the extra skater. In the final 20 seconds, a point-blank shot by Martin was turned away by Middlebury goalie Madeline Marsh, keeping the Panther deficit at one.

The Panthers threatened 4:30 into the second period with a mad flurry in front. Shots by Emily Fluke and Julia Wardwell were turned away by Amherst goalie Sabrina Dobbins as the Panthers induced a Jeff penalty. However, the hosts were again unable to capitalize and Amherst maintained its narrow one-goal advantage.

Nearing the end of a power play with under eight minutes left in the period, Salmon looked to put Amherst up by two. She skated in behind the Panther defense and laced a shot that Marsh made a glove save sprawling to her right.

Following an Amherst penalty with 11:30 left, a shot by Carly Watson was laced from the left point that hit the pipe and bounced away.

With a little more than seven minutes left, a shot by Amherst's Emma Greise from the left hit the crossbar, went straight down, but never crossed the goal line and the score remained 1-0. In the final minutes, the action picked up on both ends with big saves from each goalie.

Middlebury eventually broke through and scored the equalizer with 95 seconds left in the final period. Following a puck that was loose in front, Jessica Young top-shelved it into the upper-left corner. Hannah Bielawski brought the puck into the offensive zone from the left side and worked it back around behind the goal. Fluke received a pass from Bielawski and sent the pass toward the crease setting up Young's goal.

During the overtime, both teams had good scoring chances but the respective goalies were up for the challenge. On the power play, Amherst had its best scoring chance when Lynndy Smith and Toupal both blasted shots from the point, but Marsh gloved each shot. Middlebury had its opportunities in the final minute, but Dobbins paddled away one, and made a pad save on another to earn the key conference point.

For the contest, Middlebury held a 28-22 advantage in shots. Marsh tallied 27 saves in front of the net, while Dobbins was credited with 21 stops.