Saturday's Field Hockey Results
Saturday's Scoreboard
Boston University 2,
Ball State 1
Layfette College 2,
Appalachian State 1
Courtesy of MAC Sports Information Departments
Boston University 2, Ball State 1
Box Score
MUNCIE, Ind.– The Ball State field hockey team couldn't fight off 16th ranked Boston University Saturday afternoon in its first contest of the Miami Invitational. The Cardinals fell to the Terriers 2-1.
Redshirt freshman Sierra Jefferson was the lone Cardinal to score in the contest. Jefferson scored in the seventh minute of the game on a rebound off a corner. She also marked one shot and one shot on goal. Carley Shannon was the other Cardinal with one shot and one shot on goal.
Ball State only tallied two shots while Boston recorded 17. Boston also had the edge with 11 penalty corners compared to Ball State's one.
Boston's Kara Enoch was the first to score for the Terriers, scoring in the 16th minute off a deflection. Grace Boston scored the go-ahead and winning goal for Boston in the 31st minute.
In the cage, freshman Grace Chavez earned her third career start and notched four saves on the day.
The Ball State field hockey team (2-1 overall) will continue to play in the Miami Invitational tomorrow (Sept. 3) when they take on UMass-Lowell at noon.
Layfette College 2, Appalachian State 1
Box Score
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University field hockey (1-3) slipped to the Lafayette Leopards 2-1 on Saturday evening at the JMU Field Hockey Complex in Harrisonburg, Va. Ali Williams scored Appalachian's lone goal of the match, her team-high third of the season.
Lafayette (2-0) took an early 1-0 lead in the 9th minute on a goal off a penalty corner. The Mountaineers worked to get four penalty corners and make nine first-half shots, but the Lafayette goalkeeper Sarah Park made five saves to keep the score 1-0 going into the half.
In the first 18 minutes of the second half, the Leopard offense put plenty of pressure on Gaines with nine shots over that span. The Appalachian goalkeeper deflected five of those shots, but would allow a goal in the 53rd minute for a 2-0 Lafayette lead.
Just five minutes later, Williams cut the deficit in half after sending a penalty corner rebound to the back of the net.
Lafayette would only allow just one Mountaineer shot by Melissa Nobile in the remaining 12 minutes of play that was blocked. Out of a timeout with 20 seconds remaining, head coach Meghan Dawson emptied the net hoping to tie the match up. Lafayette held its defensive stance and came away with a 2-1 victory.
