Appalachian State Earns Second Straight Overtime Victory
Friday’s Scoreboard
Appalachian State 3, Davidson 2
Ohio State 6, Ball State 0
Northwestern 4, Miami 2
Penn State 8, Kent State 0
Saint Francis 4, Central Michigan 3
Stories Courtesy of MAC Sports Information
Appalachian State 3, Davidson 2
Box Score
DAVIDSON, N.C. -- Sophomore Veerle Van Heertum's goal in double overtime propelled Appalachian (4-1) to a 3-2 comeback victory. The win marks the second-straight game where the Mountaineers battled back to notch the winning goal in extra time.
Davidson (2-3) led Appalachian 2-1 late in the second half before head coach Meghan Dawson called a timeout. With just over four minutes remaining, Dawson decided to pull junior goalkeeper Rachel Gaines, allowing the Black and Gold an extra player on the field.
Dawson's gamble proved pivotal. Less than a minute later, Van Heertum smashed home a goal off of a penalty corner to send the game to overtime tied at 2-2.
In the first overtime, sophomore Annette Jarosz made a defensive save on a Wildcats' penalty corner to preserve the tie. Van Heertum then converted the golden goal just two minutes into the second overtime.
The Wildcats stifled the Mountaineers offense in the first half, allowing just one shot and taking a 1-0 lead into halftime. Appalachian's offense roared to life early in the second period, where junior Ali Williams netted the equalizer only eight minutes into the half.
Davidson quickly struck back to take a 2-1 advantage in the 51st minute. Sophomore Sydney McKenna notched her second goal of the night after starting the game on the bench.
Appalachian outshot the Wildcats 13-5 in the second half, ending the game with a 17-11 advantage. The Mountaineers also recorded six of the game's final seven penalty corners.
Van Heertum paced the Mountaineers with six shots, four shots on goal and two scores. The Valkenswaard, Netherlands, native leads the team with four goals. Williams ranks second with a trio of goals.
Gaines delivered another solid outing in the goal cage, making four saves while allowing only a pair of goals.
Friday's victory gives Appalachian a 4-1 record in its past five games against the Wildcats.
The Mountaineers will go for their fourth-straight victory on Sunday when they travel to Harrisonburg, Va., to battle James Madison (1-3). Game is set to start at noon.
Ohio State 6, Ball State 0
Box Score
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ball State field hockey team took on Big Ten foe Ohio State Friday evening and fell to the Buckeyes by a score of 6-0. With the loss, the Cardinals drop to 0-5 on the season while Ohio State improves to 3-2 on the year.
Ohio State kept the defensive pressure throughout the entire 70 minutes of play only allowing one offensive shot from the Cardinals. Ball State's offense was led by redshirt junior Michelle Shampton who had the lone play at the net today. Shampton now leads the squad with eight shots this season and one assist.
The Buckeyes not only dominated on the defensive side of the ball but also on the offensive side, scoring six goals off of 23 shots. In the cage for Ball State, sophomore Grace Chavez recorded 10 saves.
Ball State will play a second game tomorrow in Columbus, Ohio against Lehigh at noon. Ball State defeated the Mountain Hawks last season in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in a 2-1 overtime victory. Michelle Shampton tallied three shots and three shots on goal that game, while Darbi Gullett marked two at the net. In the cage, Chavez recorded six saves.
After this weekend, Ball State will return to the Briner Sports Complex Sept. 15 when it hosts Miami University in its Mid-American Conference opener at noon.
Northwestern 4, Miami 2
Box Score
EVANSTON, Ill. – The Miami University field hockey team fell to No. 9 Northwestern by a 4-2 margin on Friday. The RedHawks drop to 3-3 on the season while the Wildcats improve to 4-2.
Miami earned a penalty corner just one minute into the game but the shot from Mariona Heras was saved.
After this first shot, Northwestern got the next five shots, breaking the scoreless tie in the 21st minute of play with a goal off a penalty stroke.
The Wildcats took a 1-0 lead into halftime.
Four minutes into the second half, Northwestern increased its lead to 2-0 with a goal off of a penalty corner.
A little over a minute later, the Wildcats stole the ball in front of the RedHawks' goal and put another one in to make it a 3-0 game.
After this goal, Miami took the ball down the field and earned a penalty corner. The resulting shot was turned aside by the Northwestern goalkeeper.
In the 45th minute of play, Paula Portugal got Miami on the scoreboard with her fifth goal of the season. Portugal dribbled the ball into the circle and shot it into the upper 90.
Maddie Passarella made a couple of key stops after the RedHawks' goal to keep the game at 3-1 before letting one by in the 55th minute on a close range pass across the net.
Miami earned two penalty corners with less than three minutes remaining in the game. Lexie Nugent tapped in her third goal of the season off a pass from Portugal, who picked up her second assist of the season.
Passarella made six saves today. Miami earned four penalty corners. Portugal and Heras led the RedHawks with two shots apiece.
Miami plays No. 24 Boston University on Saturday at noon ET on Northwestern's field.
Penn State 8, Kent State 0
Box Score
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Kent State University field hockey team (1-5) was blanked, 8-0 on the road by No. 5 Penn State (3-1) in University Park Friday afternoon.
The Nittany Lions overpowered the Flashes, taking an early lead in the 10th minute of play. Penn State tacked on two more goals to extend their lead to 3-0 to end the first period. The Flashes took 4 shots in the first 35 minutes.
Coming out of the halftime break, the Nittany Lions extended their lead to 5-0 with back-to-back goals in the 37th minute. Penn State went on to add three more goals to end the game, 8-0.
The Flashes took 8 shots on the day, 4 of which on goal. Senior Jessica Apelt led the Flashes with 2 shots, both on goal. In the cage, goalkeepers Mary Crumlish and Rebecca Nelson tallied 7 saves for Kent State.
Kent State will be back on the turf on Sunday, facing Temple at 1:00 p.m.
Saint Francis 4, Central Michigan 3
Box Score
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – Saint Francis (Pa.) scored an untimed goal to tie at the end of regulation and then scored the game winner just over five minutes in to overtime on Friday in handing Central Michigan a 4-3 nonconference field hockey loss at the CMU Field Hockey Complex.
CMU is 1-5; St Francis is 2-3.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Red Flash scored just before halftime to seize a 1-0 lead at the break. Sophomore Taryn Damm, redshirt freshman Imogen West, and sophomore Samantha Glapinski scored the Chippewa goals.
The Red Flash had three penalty corners in the final minute of regulation. Hannah Retherford converted when Saint Francis was awarded its third penalty corner because the ball did not travel outside the goalie circle. If it had, the Chippewas would have been 3-2 winner. Retherford's goal tied the game and sent it to the extra session.
Brianna Govia scored the game-winner at the 5:04 mark of the OT.
