Hempstead, NY – The Schoen sisters accounted for all three Pride goals including sophomore Simca Schoen's 12th of the year just 1:49 into the first overtime to give the Hofstra Pride a 3-2 Colonial Athletic Association victory over the Drexel Dragons at the Hofstra Field Hockey Stadium Sunday afternoon.

The victory clinches a spot for the Pride in the four-team, CAA Field Hockey Championship to be held on November 6-8. Hofstra will be returning to the conference championship for the first time since 2012 and the ninth time overall.

Hofstra, which won its third consecutive game and its 11th in the last 12 contests, improves to 13-4 on the season and 3-1 in the CAA. Hofstra is currently tied for second with Delaware (12-4, 3-1) in the conference standings but the Blue Hens hold the tie-breaker over the Pride by way of their 4-2 victory in Hempstead on October 9. The 13 wins are the most by a Hofstra team since 2011 when the Pride finished 13-9.

The Dragons of Drexel, who dropped their second consecutive contest and their fourth in the last six outings, slipped to 6-10 overall and 2-2 in the CAA.

Simca Schoen notched her 12th goal of the year less than two minutes into the extra period off a penalty corner during the 7x7 session. Junior Claudia Marin Samper inserted the corner to senior Charlotte Loehr who passed to her left to Schoen. The sophomore dribbled in before firing a shot past Drexel goalie Erin Gilchrist (3 saves) for the game-winner.

On Senior Day and the Pride's last home game of the season, Hofstra jumped out to a 2-0 lead after 31 minutes. Junior Stella Schoen opened the scoring at the 14:32 mark off a penalty corner with Marin Samper and senior Leigh Maxwell-Smith assisting. It was her career-best 13th goal of the year.

Four minutes before the end of the half, Stella Schoen notched her second of the game and 14th of the season on an identical penalty corner with Marin Samper and Maxwell-Smith again assisting on the goal. Hofstra outshot the Dragons, 7-4 in the first half.

While most of the action was in the middle-third of the field in the second half, the Dragons were able to score twice in the final 35 minutes to send the contest into overtime.

Drexel closed the deficit in half just 4:07 into the second half as senior Lauren Hibshman scored on a penalty stroke after Pride goalie Lauren Saltus (1 save) was whistled for giving a sliding tackle on a Dragon attacker on the side of the goal. It was Hibshman's third goal of the season.

The Dragons tied the game in the 54th minute when sophomore Alison McCardell deflected a shot in front of the goal by freshman Lindsay Boernet for her second goal of the year.

The Pride almost scored near the end of regulation time but Gilchrist made a spectacular stop of a Marin Samper shot with 3:20 to play in the second half.

Hofstra outshot Drexel, 9-7 for the game while each team split 10 penalty corners.

The Pride return to action on Friday, October 30 when they travel to William and Mary for a 6 p.m. CAA contest.