Ohio and App State Pick Up Friday Night Victories
Friday’s Scoreboard
Ohio 4, Saint Louis 1
Appalachian State 6, LIU Brooklyn 3
Liberty 2, Kent State 1
Stories Courtesy of MAC Sports Information
Ohio 4, Saint Louis 1
Box Score
ATHENS, Ohio – Junior forward Karynne Baker (Falls Church, Va.) and sophomore midfielder Jillian Shive (Lebanon, Ohio) each scored two goals as the Ohio field hockey team (1-2) claimed its first victory of the season over Saint Louis (2-2), 4-1, today at Pruitt Field.
Friday's win marked the first for first-year head coach Ali Johnstone.
The Bobcats got out to a fast start, taking a 2-0 lead into halftime. Baker tallied Ohio's first goal of the match in the 5th minute, taking a feed from sophomore midfielder Annmarie Hoppel (Fredericksburg, Va.) and scoring a straight shot in front of the cage.
Ohio extended its lead to 2-0 in the 9th minute with an unassisted goal from Shive.
In the second half, the Bobcats scored early in the 36th minute with a shot from the right by Baker that bounced off the goalkeeper and into the cage. Shive assisted on Baker's goal.
Later in the match the Billikens got on the board in the 57th minute with an unassisted goal from freshman midfielder Emily Wastell. The Bobcats responded with their final goal in the 59th minute with Baker returning the favor by dishing out an assist to Shive who scored the goal.
Baker and Shive led Ohio's attack with two goals and two assists each. Sophomore midfielder Emma Spinetto (Louisville, Ky.) also tallied a shot on goal.
Senior Carly Kissinger led Saint Louis with three shots.
Redshirt junior goalkeeper Sophia Boothby (Spotsylvania, Va.) made three saves for the Bobcats while freshman goalkeeper Sasha Sander tallied two for the Bellikens. Boothby picked up her first win of the year.
Ohio will host the Liberty Flames this Sunday (Sept. 2; 1 p.m. EST) at Pruitt Field.
Appalachian State 6, LIU Brooklyn 3
Box Score
BOONE, N.C. -- Appalachian State University field hockey (2-1) scored a trio of goals in each half during a dominant 6-3 victory over LIU Brooklyn (0-3) at Adcock Field Friday night.
Six different Mountaineers recorded goals on the night, and Appalachian never trailed in its 6-3 victory. App tallied 20 shots, including 14 shots on goal. Sophomore Chloe Bell opened the scoring onslaught with a goal in the 19th minute to put Appalachian up 1-0.
After trading goals to move the score to 2-1, the Black and Gold capitalized on a penalty corner at the end of the first half. Freshman Friederike Stegen inserted the ball before Bell set up sophomore Veerle Van Heertum for her first goal of the season, pushing the halftime advantage to 3-1.
"Being able to score three goals in a half was a really big confidence boost for us," head coach Meghan Dawson said. "It was important to change the tide because we had dominated and then they came back and scored a great goal, so we showed ourselves that we could fight back and earn that goal back."
The Mountaineers piled on in the second half, rattling off three more goals in the first 10 minutes of the half. Sophomore Meghan Smart began the second-half blitz, notching her first goal of the season off of another penalty corner.
Junior Melissa Nobile and freshman Sydney Lee scored the final two Mountaineers' goals. Lee assisted Nobile's first goal of the season. Nobile then returned the favor less than three minutes later, setting up Lee for her first goal in an Appalachian uniform.
Redshirt-freshman Madison Nuckols also made her first career appearance in net late in the second half. The Callands, Virginia, native made two saves in just over 17 minutes in the goal cage.
"It's really important for all of the team to get some minutes and just to have that experience," Dawson said. "It's fun because you can hear the girls on the sidelines cheering for each other. That just shows how deep the connection is between the girls and how important the team chemistry is to them."
The Mountaineers recorded assists on all six of their goals with Bell and Stegen each collecting two. Smart and Bell tied for the team lead in shots with three apiece.
Eva Van Wakeren scored twice for the visiting Blackbirds.
Appalachian looks to close out its season-opening home stand with a win over Rider (1-1). The game begins at noon Sunday at Adcock Field.
Liberty 2, Kent State 1
Box Score
KENT, Ohio –The Kent State University field hockey team (0-3) fell 2-1 in a tough battle with No. 23 Liberty University Friday afternoon at Murphy-Mellis Field. Sophomore Clara Rodriguez Setó tallied the Flashes' lone goal of the day, her third on the season.
The Kent State defense continued to be instrumental, holding the Flames to just 7 shots on goal in the contest. Junior Mary Crumlish tallied 5 saves in the net for Kent State.
Liberty (2-1) took the only shots of the first period, recording 5 shots as Crumlish recorded 3 saves for the Flashes. The Flames took the lead in the 14th minute of play when junior Agueda Moroni broke away and scored unassisted, bringing the score to 1-0.
The score remained until the 46th minute of play, when the Setó notched a penalty corner goal to tie it up 1-1. On Kent State's second consecutive penalty corner, Setó inserted the ball to junior Laila Richter, who pushed it back to Setó for the goal into the corner of the cage.
Liberty responded minutes later with the decisive goal, scoring after a penalty corner that was struggled over in front of the Flashes' net before Moroni was able to knock it past the Flashes' defense. Liberty senior Abby Julius recorded the assist.
The Flashes will host Saint Louis University on Sunday Sept. 2 at 12:00 p.m. at Murphy-Mellis Field.
