Sarah Wells secured the come-from-behind victory for the Spartans, scoring 4:24 into the overtime period. Wells finished with one goal and one assist in the game, as did Haley Spittle and Rachel Holland
The win moves the Spartans to 3-6 overall, and 1-1 in NAC play. With the loss, NEC moves to 2-10 overall and 0-2 in conference action.
The Pilgrims got on the board first, scoring just 5:29 into the action when Kayla Donahue took a pass from Carissa O'Brien and found the back of the cage. After more than 20 minutes of scoreless play following the goal, Donahue scored once again to double the Pilgrim lead to 2-0, this time scoring on a pass from Cody Kent.
Emily Lowell would answer back just over one minute later to bring the Spartan deficit back to just one goal when she powered one home on an assist from Wells. NEC would not let up, however, and found the back of the cage once more at 32:01, when Kent scored one of her own on an assist from Donahue to send the Pilgrims into the break with a 3-1 lead.
Castleton came out of halftime firing, scoring just 3:37 into the second half when Spittle took a pass from Holland and buried one to cut the lead to just one goal with more than 30 minutes to play in the game.
The Spartans would battle back to get the equalizer with just over four minutes to play when Holland found the back of the cage on an assist from Spittle during a penalty corner to draw the game even at 3-3 and send it to overtime.
Just over four minutes into the overtime period, Castleton would complete their comeback as Wells found the back of the net on a pass from Cassidy Auger to give the Spartans the victory.
Meeghan Doris stopped two shots in the victory for the Spartans, while Michaela Clark stopped 27 shots for NEC in the loss.
The Spartans held a 32-7 shot advantage in the game, while putting 27 shots on goal to the Pilgrims' 5. Castleton also held a 14-2 advantage in penalty corners in the contest.
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