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# Marston's overtime goal sends Portsmouth past Souhegan to D2 field hockey final
- URL: https://www.nh-highschoolsports.com/marstons-overtime-goal-sends-portsmouth-past-souhegan-to-d2-field-hockey-final/
- Published: 2021-10-30T14:05:50.000Z
- Updated: 2021-10-30T14:05:50.000Z
- Description: EXETER - Charlotte Marston knew she had to move when she saw Mia Edwards go deeper into the circle. And when Edwards sent a reverse shot toward the goal, Martson was in just the right spot to tip it in. The junior did just that with 2:34 left in overtime and the No. 2 Portsmouth High School field ho
- Author: Joe Marchilena
- Tags: Division II, field hockey, playoffs, Portsmouth, slider, Souhegan, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-18 04:44

EXETER - Charlotte Marston knew she had to move when she saw Mia Edwards go deeper into the circle.

And when Edwards sent a reverse shot toward the goal, Martson was in just the right spot to tip it in.

The junior did just that with 2:34 left in overtime and the No. 2 Portsmouth High School field hockey team avenged its only loss of the season, beating No. 3 Souhegan 2-1 in the Division II semifinals at Bill Ball Stadium in Exeter.

Portsmouth moves on to the final for the first time since 2015, where it will face No. 9 Goffstown at 4 p.m. Sunday at Bedford High School. The Clippers will look to win their first title since 1982, when they won their only title.

"It’s a huge win for the program," Marston said. "It’s been a long time. It’s just unreal that we are even in this position."

For Marston and Edwards to be in position to team up on the winning goal was no surprise to Portsmouth coach Sarah Carpenter.

"I was hoping Mia’s shot was going in and then Charlotte batted it out of the air," the coach said. "As we were walking off, Mia even said she thought it was going wide. Charlotte was right there to bat it. Certainly not something we plan and not something we practice. It was a lot of fun to see that."

Edwards also had the first goal for Portsmouth (15-1), as she tied the game with 9:30 to go in a third quarter that the Clippers dominated.

"We got to the half OK and then Portsmouth came out with some absolute fire," Souhegan coach Kelli Braley said. "They looked like a team that was not ready to have their season end in the second half. They turned it up and we matched them at most points."

The teams played a back-and-forth first quarter, although Souhegan (13-2-1) had a 3-0 edge on penalty corners. The Sabers got another corner early in the second and Ella Barrett put her side on top, scoring just 1:21 into the quarter to make it 1-0.

Play moved more into the midfield after that, but Portsmouth started to create opportunities late in the half, starting with a blast from Edwards that Souhegan goalie Annie Raduazzo (nine saves) was able to get a pad on to knock away.

The Clippers had two corners late in the half and carried that momentum into the second.

"I thought we came out really strong in the first half," Braley said. "We had a lot of fire, we got that goal and then we kind of tightened up a little bit. Not too sure why, but we did. We tightened up, stiffened up, played a little more frantic."

Edwards took advantage, tying the game early in the third quarter and leading the Clippers' charge for the rest of the frame.

"She is field hockey to the nth degree," Carpenter said of Edwards. "The girl lives, eats, breathes field hockey. She is a phenomenal athlete. When she gets it in her mind that this is what we need to do, she isn’t as loud as Charlotte or as vocal, but the girls watch her. She leads by example with the heart that she has. She is an amazing field hockey player and a fantastic teammate. She wants it for everybody else."

Portsmouth had a few more chances to take the lead in the fourth quarter, but Raduazzo came up with a save on everything that came her way. That carried into the overtime, as the Clippers started to take advantage of the open space and kept the Sabers pinned in their own end.

"Annie is phenomenal," Braley said. "The way she was reading their shots, the way she was reading their plays, her reaction time was amazing. She kept us in that.

"It’s tough. They kept us hemmed in. We couldn’t sub as fluidly. It’s tricky to sub when you’re on the defensive end of things. That made it tough to get fresh legs out there for sure."

With under three minutes left in the overtime, Edwards brought the ball from the top of the circle, down to the left side before sending the ball across the front of the goal. It went by Raduazzo and to Marston, who knocked it out of the air and into the goal.

"Usually, when she makes those shots, they lift or they go right into the goal," Marston said. :I knew I had to be right on the post because of the way she was angled, I had to be on the opposite post to get any type of tip on it if it missed."