Sunday's Field Hockey Results
UMass 11, Bellarmine 0
James Madison 3, Central Michigan 1
Miami 10, Ball State 0
App State 3, Kent State 2
Ohio 3, Longwood 1
Stories courtesy of MAC Sports Information Departments
UMass 11, Bellarmine 0
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The fourth-ranked University of Massachusetts field hockey team scored twice in the game's first three minutes and wouldn't look back, rolling to an 11-0 win at Bellarmine on Sunday. The win improved the Minutewomen record to 15-1 and 7-0 in the MAC.
In the end, seven different Minutewomen scored goals, led by a career-high three from Niamh McKenzie. Emily Barrett and Amber Fairon each scored two. Cara Falconer dished two assists while Neva Eisenga, Chiara Curcio and Fiene Jenniskens all scored a goal.
Eisenga opened the scoring with a goal off a penalty corner, her third goal of the weekend at the 1:36 mark. Just 1:11 later, Curcio fired a shot home off a corner for the 2-0 lead.
Fairon took over late in the quarter with a pair of unassisted goals in the span of 1:10 – at the 9:41 and 10:51 marks. On the first, she weaved through the defense and fired a hard reverse into the corner of the cage. Fairon's second gave her 14 goals on the season, a new UMass field hockey freshman record.
Barrett added her first of the game and third of the weekend late in the second quarter, finishing a feed from Falconer for a 5-0 lead, which proved to be the halftime margin.
That score remained until later in the third quarter when the Minutewomen added four more. Jenniskens scored her first of the season at 37:53. McKenzie added two goals, at 40:37 and 44:21, then Barrett converted a penalty stroke for her second of the game at 44:54. That gave UMass a 9-0 lead after 45 minutes of play.
Early in the fourth quarter, McKenzie added another goal, her third in the span of 6:11 of game action.
Elani Sherwood turned a turnover into a reverse shot into the cage for an 11-0 lead at the 53:31 mark, which proved to be the final.
Final shots were 46-0 in favor of UMass with the Minutewomen holding an 8-0 edge in penalty corners.
James Madison 3, Central Michigan 1
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HARRISONBURG, Va. – A balanced and efficient offensive performance propelled James Madison field hockey (7-6, 6-1 MAC) to its sixth consecutive victory as the Dukes defeated Central Michigan 3-1 on Senior Day Sunday afternoon at the JMU Field Hockey Complex.
Eight different Dukes recorded shots, with Azul Covarrubias and Avery Ruckman leading the squad with three attempts apiece. Seniors Brynna Hill and Ava Drexler-Amey each found the back of the net, while Mika Hilburger recorded her first career goal.
JMU outpaced Central Michigan in total shots, 17-12, shots on goal, 12-7, and penalty corners, 5-4. Senior Lilly Sweeney earned her seventh win of the season, making six saves and registering a .857 save percentage, her second-highest single-game mark of the season.
Miami 10, Ball State 0
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MUNCIE, Ind. – The No. 12 RedHawks took down Ball State handily Sunday, 10-0, after goals by seven different players and points by 10. Maggie Reed, AC Kosek, and Judit Garcia Gregori each added their first goals of the season during the contest. Miami improves to 11-4 (7-1 MAC) with the win while Ball State falls to 3-12 (1-7 MAC).
App State 3, Kent State 2
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KENT, Ohio — Sophia Baxter scored a game-tying goal with less than two minutes remaining in regulation, and Brynn Shaffer converted a penalty corner in overtime to lift the App State field hockey team to a dramatic 3-2 comeback victory over Kent State on Sunday.
Morgan Hook scored her first collegiate goal in the second quarter to give App State (8-7, 4-3 MAC) an initial lead before Kent State (4-11, 3-4 MAC) responded with back-to-back goals to go ahead 2-1 in the fourth period. Senior goalkeeper Dakota Anderson anchored the defense with an eight-save effort to keep the Mountaineers within reach, setting up the late-game heroics for App State's second consecutive conference win.
How It Happened
1st: Both teams traded possession in a defensive opening frame, with each squad registering just one shot apiece in the scoreless period.
2nd: App State broke the tie midway through the second quarter. Kassie Paul fed Hook, who slotted home her first career goal to put the Mountaineers up 1-0. Kent State earned three penalty corners late in the frame, but Anderson held firm in the cage with three saves to maintain the lead into halftime.
3rd: The Golden Flashes came out of intermission aggressive, finding the equalizer and drawing three more penalty corners. Anderson logged three additional saves in the frame as the teams entered the fourth quarter deadlocked at 1-1.
4th: Kent State struck early in the fourth to take its first lead of the contest at 2-1. Trailing late, the Mountaineers generated a crucial penalty corner with under two minutes remaining. Off the set piece, Baxter lofted a shot over the Kent State goalkeeper into the cage to knot the game at 2-2 and force overtime.
OT: After trading possession in extra time, App State drew its third and final penalty corner of the match. Emma Livingston delivered the insert and Calista Schwartz provided the stick-stop, setting up Shaffer to drill the game-winner into the bottom left corner of the cage to seal the victory.
Ohio 3, Longwood 1
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FARMVILLE, Va – The Ohio field hockey team (7-7, 4-3 MAC) earned 3-1 road win over conference opponent, Longwood (0-13, 0-7 MAC), on Sunday, Oct. 18.
Overall, Ohio scored three goals on 17 shots on goal while earning 10 penalty corners while Longwood scored one goal on one shot on goal while earning three penalty corners.
Individually, sophomore back Ava Florence (Louisville, Ky) had five shots on goal and scored two goals on the day. Sophomore midfielder Tori Cisney (Cleona, Pa) had one goal on one shot goal and an assist while junior back Deborah James (Hertfordshire, England) had an assist and two shots on goal. Junior back Ava Hershberger (Harrison City, Pa) had a shot on goal and an assist.
In goal, junior Molly Schreiner (State College, Pa) allowed one goal in 60 minutes of action.
The Bobcats attack was working early, getting two early penalty corners and shots on goal, but they weren't able to get on the board with a goal.
The rest of the period was a defensive battle, and both teams were held scoreless in the first, heading into the second period tied at 0-0.
It was more of the same in the second period, with Ohio getting multiple penalty corners while applying pressure on the Longwood defense with shots on goal, but with none resulting in a goal.
Both teams went into the half tied at 0-0.
The Lancers got on the board first, scoring the game's first goal just after five minutes had passed in the third period to take a 1-0 lead.
That lead held for the rest of the period, and the Bobcats went into the final frame needing some goals, and those goals came quick in the fourth period with Cisney tying the game with a goal off a penalty corner just minutes into the period.
Florence would then give Ohio back-to-back goals, breaking the tie and giving Ohio a two-goal advantage.
Those two goals would be the difference for the Bobcats in the fourth period, boosting them to a 3-1 road victory.
Up next, the Bobcats are set to play two games in Muncie, Ind. Ohio will kick off the weekend against Ball State on Friday, Oct. 23. First touch is set for 12 p.m. ET the game can be seen on ESPN+.
