News for 18 April 2021
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Indoor Africa Cup 2021 (M) - 18 April
Durban (RSA)
(All times GMT +2)
16 Apr 2021 NAM v BOT (RR) 27 - 0
16 Apr 2021 RSA v BOT (RR) 36 - 0
16 Apr 2021 RSA v NAM (RR) 6 - 3
17 Apr 2021 BOT v NAM (RR) 0 - 37
17 Apr 2021 BOT v RSA (RR) 0 - 30
17 Apr 2021 NAM v RSA (RR) 3 - 9
18 Apr 2021 16:00 RSA v NAM (Final)
All matches live streamed on the Watch Hockey app
FIH Match Centre
Indoor Africa Cup 2021 (W) - 18 April
Durban (RSA)
(All times GMT +2)
16 Apr 2021 BOT v RSA (RR) 0 - 26
16 Apr 2021 NAM v BOT (RR) 30 - 0
16 Apr 2021 NAM v RSA (RR) 1 - 2
17 Apr 2021 RSA v BOT (RR) 18 - 0
17 Apr 2021 BOT v NAM (RR) 0 - 20
17 Apr 2021 RSA v NAM (RR 4 - 0
18 Apr 2021 14:00 RSA v NAM (Final)
All matches live streamed on the Watch Hockey app
FIH Match Centre
Feisty finish to the group stage sets up Fantastic final
There was some fire in the belly when the South African and Namibian Men took each other on in the final group stage game of the Indoor African Cup. With both sides having easily dispatched of Botswana as well as securing their places in the final, the evening game offered a momentum opportunity but little else.
South Africa took this momentum with a Dayaan Cassiem inspired performance seeing off the challenge of their Southern African Neighbours. Both teams left a player out as a precautionary decision making but the game offered incredible feistiness regardless. There was lots of needle between the Hansen brothers and the Cassiem brothers adding to the showpiece for the viewers.
It was a tight battle for three of the chukkas but Dayaan Cassiem was the difference maker scoring a hat-trick of goals that all arrived at different levels of sublime. Although the Namibians fought admirably there was little they could do to stop the Dayaan train from coming home.
The South Africans, as defending champions, will be pleased that they have got through the tournament with a perfect record and particularly will be happy with the squad depth being tested and passing impressively.
Coach Ryan Hack, who led the team at the 2015 Indoor World Cup, was very pleased after the result.
“Its been a good tournament so far. We set ourselves some targets for the group stages and we managed to achieve every one of them. We have some great game changers in our team, but our team works well enough that the game changers are able to do their moments of magic.
The South Africans will look to the final at 16:00 to defend their crown and qualify for their fifth of six Indoor Hockey World Cups, while Namibia will be attempting for number 2. The answer to these questions will be revealed at 16:00 today live at Thomas More College.
Watch it live on Watch Hockey or on Rayder Media YouTube.
Indoor Africa Cup 2021 – Results Day 2 – Men
South Africa 30-0 Botswana
Namibia 37-0 Botswana
South Africa 9-3 Namibia
Indoor Africa Cup 2021 – Fixture – Final
16:00 South Africa vs. Namibia
SA Hockey Association media release
SPAR South Africa and Namibia set to battle in final
After two days of group stages at the Indoor Africa Cup at Thomas More College in Kwazulu Natal, the tournament bid farewell to Botswana while the defending champions Namibia and the hosts South Africa looking towards a repeat of the 2017 Final.
Its South Africa who go into the final as the favourites having topped the group stages with a perfect four from four. The hosts have now not lost in the 7 tests they have played Namibia since the 2017 Indoor African Cup and will be desperate to make it 8 in a row on Sunday to seal their spot at the Belgian showpiece. With both teams having beat Botswana in the morning, Spar South Africa sealed the undefeated group stage in the evening game against the defending champions.
Although it was not without a good test from the Namibians, in truth the South Africans were always likely to confirm the win once they went ahead from Cindy Hack in the first chukka. Namibia had their chances and will be disappointed with a 0/5 return from the penalty corners, but the South Africans will be pleased with their defensive display.
The game quickly became settled in favour of South Africa when they were awarded two penalty strokes in quick succession. The first was for a poor foul by Petro Stoffberg while the second struck Gillian Hermanus on the line. Both were expertly finish by Tegan Fourie to give the hosts a comfortable lead.
That lead built from comfortable to unassailable when Celia Seerane, the star of the show for South Africa, was part of a superb team goal that could fairly be described as a typical Lennie Botha dream goal. Quick passing, moving and a simple finish.
South African Head Coach Lennie Botha was satisfied with his team and their efforts so far:
“Job done in terms of the group stage, but the job only is starting now for the tournament. We have prepared well and I am very excited by that. We have been working very hard on the defensive side of the game and the counter attacking, we have done that very well in this tournament.
Obviously none of our programme would be possible without SPAR and their fantastic support. Thank you very much“
Namibian head coach Erwin Handura was looking forward to the final
“We prepared for the final, not for the first two days. We did not take our chances today and if you don’t your chances you get punished at this level. We will see what happens tomorrow, may the best team win. If its meant for us it will be!“
Earlier in the day Botswana ended their tournament with two more defeats, however Tshepiso Jacob enhanced her name with a series of fine saves both against South Africa and Namibia.
All eyes will now be on the iKhwezi Sports Centre at Thomas More on Sunday as the final will not only decide the champions of Africa but also the qualifier for the Indoor Hockey World Cup. The Queens of African Indoor Hockey will be crowned and you can watch it live on Watch Hockey or on Rayder Media YouTube.
Indoor Africa Cup 2021 – Results Day 2 – Women
South Africa 18-0 Botswana
Namibia 20-0 Botswana
South Africa 4-0 Namibia
Indoor Africa Cup 2021 – Fixture – Final
14:00 South Africa vs. Namibia
SA Hockey Association media release
Both final North v South matches to be deciders
South’s Hugo Inglis (centre) battles two defenders in today’s victory. Sunday 18 April 2021 Photo: Simon Watts/www.bwmedia.co.nz
The Sentinel Homes North v South series will go down to the wire on Tuesday night with both the men’s and women’s series locked at 1-1 after day two in Hamilton today.
The North evened up the women’s series at St Paul’s Collegiate today with a 1-0 victory after going down 2-0 yesterday, while in the men’s clash the South knocked in three third quarter goals to reverse yesterday’s 5-4 victory by the North.
In today’s women’s clash, the intensity was certainly up a level from yesterday’s action despite there only being a solitary goal late in the match.
The deadlock was finally broken with 11 minutes left on the clock. The North tried a different play at penalty corner time with the strike coming from defender Kathryn Moffitt which deflected in off a defender.
The South took off their goalkeeper shortly after and threw everything at it but couldn’t grab the equaliser.
Victorious North captain Stacey Michelsen said her side was more clinical today.
“Our back four players were so composed on the ball. With the South team good at pressing you have to be very composed. We held the ball really well and took our options carefully.”
Michelsen is looking forward to having experienced defender Ella Gunson back for Tuesday night’s decider.
Vantage Black Sticks Women’s Coach Graham Shaw said the intensity and quality of the game went up a notch from yesterday.
“I was really pleased with the lift from both teams. Today was a really good step up towards international level and when that happens your world-class players go to another level.”
Women: North 1 (Kathryn Moffitt 49 min) South 0.
In the men’s match both teams were boosted with the return of two Black Sticks apiece – Shea McAleese and Aidan Sarikaya for the North and Hugo Inglis and Nick Ross for the South.
After a goalfest in the men’s clash yesterday, today’s first half was a quiet affair with the highlight being a brilliant goal-line save from South defender Ross to a drag flick from North skipper Nic Woods.
It all changed in the third quarter with three goals to the South putting the result beyond doubt. South’s Dane Lett opened the scoring just after the break with a drag flick penalty corner into the bottom right of the goal.
Two minutes later they extended their lead to 2-0 through Sam Lane. David Brydon delivered the ball on a plate to an unmarked Lane in the circle who made no mistake from short range.
Shortly after Brydon was again the architect, breaking down the right-hand side. His cross was unable to be cleared and Stephen Jenness latched on to it to give the South a 3-0 lead heading into the final quarter.
And that was where the score remained at 3-0 mainly thanks to an outstanding effort by South goalkeeper George Enersen who kept a clean sheet despite being stung by a bee before the game.
Winning South captain Blair Tarrant had a smile on his face after the convincing victory.
“Our defensive job wasn’t good enough yesterday and we were really firm on that today. We didn’t want to give them any opportunities.
“And our goalie George (Enersen) played really well.”
Men: South 3 (Dane Lett 33 min, Sam Lane 35 min, Stephen Jenness 41 min) North 0.
The final doubleheaders of the series will be held on Tuesday at 6.30pm (men) and 8pm (women). All matches are played at St Paul’s Collegiate and broadcast on Sky Sport 9 and Sky Sport Next.
Hockey New Zealand Media release
GB Squads Prepare For Test Matches This April
Great Britain’s men and women are set to undergo several practice matches in the build up to May’s FIH Hockey Pro League resumption and the summer’s Tokyo Olympics.
With less than 100 days to go until the Olympics and having spent several months preparing through intense training sessions, the upcoming games will provide valuable match experience.
GB’s men have travelled to Malaysia, where they will contest five uncapped matches, two of which will be against the hosts and a further three against Japan, with the matches beginning on Sunday 18 April and concluding on Saturday 24 April.
Meanwhile, GB’s women will host a series of practice matches against Ireland on 27, 28 and 30 April, with the final match on Sunday 2 May as Mark Hager’s side also look to maximise match play.
All of the games are being played behind closed doors and will not be streamed, Great Britain Hockey will share the results on social media at the end of each day.
Great Britain Hockey Performance Director, Ed Barney commented: “These matches are a critical piece of our performance planning and we’re delighted to have upcoming fixtures versus Japan, Malaysia and Ireland.
“Over the next phase of the programme both squads are exceptionally well placed to leverage the upcoming matches as we continue refining aspects of our game and Olympic Games preparation.
“The heat and humidity in Tokyo is a key piece of the Olympic Games environment and is something that the men’s squad will experience in Malaysia. Over the past couple of years, we’ve been growing our experience in these environments and continue to have a number of creative strategies to ensure we are exceptionally well prepared.”
Schedule:
GB men:
Sunday 18 April: Great Britain v Japan, 14:00 BST
Monday 19 April: Malaysia v Great Britain 14:00 BST
Wednesday 21 April: Japan v Great Britain 14:00 BST
Thursday 22 April: Malaysia v Great Britain 14:00 BST
Saturday 24 April: Great Britain v Japan 03:00 BST
Great Britain Hockey media release
Tuesday 27 April: Great Britain v Ireland, 10:00 BST
Wednesday 28 April: Great Britain v Ireland, 18:00 BST
Friday 30 April: Great Britain v Ireland, 14:00 BST
Sunday 2 May: Great Britain v Ireland, 13:00 BST
Great Britain Hockey media release
Arul: Enough firepower even without juniors
By Jugjet Singh
National men’s senior coach Arul Selvaraj. NSTP File Pix
No juniors, no problem.
National men's senior coach Arul Selvaraj is optimistic that the 22 players selected for the Triangular against Britain and Japan have enough firepower to make a lasting impression.
That's why he had released his Under-21 trainees to national junior coach Wallace Tan ahead of the Junior Asia Cup (JAC) in July.
For the record, Japan edged Malaysia 3-1 in a shootout after a 6-6 draw in regulation time in the final of the 2018 Indonesia Asian Games.
Britain, meanwhile, hammered Malaysia 9-3 on aggregate in the following year to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.
"I have enough firepower to play against Britain and Japan, and since Wallace had wanted his players back, I released them," said Arul.
National junior assistant coach Megat Azrafiq said five from Arul's squad have started training with him.
"The five players will now get a chance to get used to our playing system ahead of the JAC," said Megat.
The Under-21 players are now unlikely to feature for the senior team in the Azlan Shah Cup in June.
"The junior players started training last week. We will tone down our training as the Triangular will utilise both pitches at the National Hockey Stadium in Bukit Jalil," said Megat.
Megat's team were supposed to play a warm-up against Japan before the Triangular, but it did not work out." Japan had agreed to play a warm-up against the juniors after serving out the seven-day quarantine. However, they changed their mind because of time constraint," Megat added. Japan and India are the only Asian teams who will feature at the Tokyo Olympics on July 23- Aug 8.
New Straits Times
India women's hockey core group to resume training in SAI Bengaluru
The 25-member Olympic core group will undergo mandatory quarantine before the commencement of training.
File image of India women's hockey team. Image credit: Hockey India
New Delhi: The Indian women hockey's core group will return to the national camp in Bengaluru on Sunday to restart the preparations for the Tokyo Games after a 10-day break.
The 25-member Olympic core group will undergo mandatory quarantine before the commencement of training.
In January, the team toured Argentina where it played seven matches against the home country's junior, B team and the senior side, ranked number two in the world. That was the team's first tour in 12 months.
In February, the team travelled to Dusseldorf, Germany where they played four matches against their hosts' senior side.
"Getting these matches were absolutely important for us to analyse the level we are at and the work required to improve in specific areas ahead of the Olympics," chief coach Sjoerd Marijne said.
"In the upcoming camp too, we will be focusing on these areas and also keeping up with our fitness will be a priority."
On 9 April, the SAI had announced a three-week "summer vacation" at its various National Centres of Excellence all over the country owing to the relentless spike in COVID-19 cases but said that the Olympic-bound athletes will continue to train at their ongoing camps.
The 25-member probable list:
Goalkeepers: Savita, Rajani Etimarpu and Bichu Devi Kharibam.
Defenders: Deep Grace Ekka, Reena Khokhar, Salima Tete, Manpreet Kaur, Gurjit Kaur and Nisha.
Midfielders: Nikki Pradhan, Monika, Neha, Lilima Minz, Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam and Namita Toppo.
Forwards: Rani, Lalremsiami, Vandana Katariya, Navjot Kaur, Navneet Kaur, Rajwinder Kaur, Jyoti, Sharmila Devi, Udita, Rashmita Minz.
Firstpost
Late strike from Bibi Donraadt sends Maryland field hockey over Rutgers, 2-1
Shane Connuck
Maryland field hockey celebrates Mayv Clune's goal during the Terps' 2-1 win over Rutgers on April 17, 2021. (Joe Ryan/The Diamondback)
Kyler Greenwalt was in traffic near the cage, a half-step in front of Rutgers’ Gianna Mancini. She flung a backhanded shot at Scarlet Knights’ goalkeeper Gianna Glatz, who kicked the ball up in the air with her right foot.
Glatz moved out of the cage to retrieve the ball. Greenwalt moved over first and smacked the ball onto the ground in front of the cage with her stick. Bibi Donraadt had been playing behind Greenwalt. The forward dashed toward the cage and used the side of her stick to bury the shot.
And three minutes later, the final horn sounded. Rutgers’ Katie Larmour and Milena Redlingshoefer dropped to their knees and buried their heads into the pitch in disbelief.
Donraadt’s goal lifted the No. 12 Terps to a 2-1 win over No. 6 Rutgers — and a weekend sweep.
“It was a great team effort,” Donraadt said. “We were just hyped up and ready to score the goal and take that win in regular time.”
Prior to the match, Maryland (8-6) already had its Big Ten tournament spot locked. It completed its regular season with a conference record of 5-3 and earned the No. 4 seed in the tournament.
Less than three minutes into the match, Belle Bressler rocketed a shot toward the cage that deflected off Mayv Clune’s stick and sailed out of play.
Exactly four minutes later, the Terps took another shot — and this one connected.
From the right side of the circle, Anna Castaldo fired a pass toward the center, right in front of Rutgers (9-5) Glatz. Clune was again the beneficiary, standing in front of her defender as she slid the ball past Glatz.
Clune immediately raised her right arm in the air and smiled. The redshirt junior had netted her first goal of the season.
The Terps continued to charge ahead. After a defensive breakaway, Riley Donnelly launched a deep pass toward Sam Zywna, which rolled out of bounds. But Maryland continued surging.
Eight minutes into the second quarter, the Terps drew a penalty shot. For the first time this season, Donnelly missed the open look. She tried a drag flick toward the right side of Glatz, who dove and knocked the ball away, eliciting a roar from the Scarlet Knights’ crowd.
Maryland headed to the locker room at halftime holding a one-goal lead over Rutgers for the second consecutive match.
Early in the third quarter, the Scarlet Knights drew their second penalty corner of the match. And the ensuing shot by Milena Redlingshoefer rolled wide, left of the cage, and Rutgers headed back to defend.
Both defenses started to take control as the match continued. Redlingshoefer’s attempt off the Scarlet Knights’ corner was the only shot of the third quarter.
“It’s the attitude and the mindset of the entire attack penalty corner unit,” coach Missy Meharg said. “That’s what makes Rutgers very dangerous.”
As soon as the clock reset to 15 minutes for the final time of the regular season, Rutgers came back on the pitch furiously.
After Maura Verleg tried to get the ball out of the backfield, Scarlet Knights’ midfielder Tayla Parkes stepped in and re-captured possession. Eventually, redshirt senior Katie Larmour took a shot that missed.
As the Scarlet Knights continued attacking, there was a little twist-up down the pitch. Several players collided, and it resulted in a foul and a Rutgers penalty stroke after video review.
This was the first penalty stroke Terps’ goalkeeper Noelle Frost faced this season, and Redlingshoefer nailed it. An ecstatic Scarlet Knights squad had knotted the match at one.
And they kept pushing. Rutgers earned a trio of penalty corners in the same minute, and all three shots came up empty.
“I can’t applaud Noelle Frost enough,” Meharg said.
Maryland took the ball back and charged downfield. As it began to get its offense rolling, it drew its second penalty corner of the match. And its crowd erupted.
Eventually, Greenwalt knocked the ball out of the air and straight to Donraadt behind her. She pushed the ball into the net, giving the Terps a late lead and, ultimately, the win.
“I am 100 percent sure that these two wins will bring us through the tournament with this really good mindset and make our team even stronger,” Donraadt said.
The Diamondback
Field Hockey Downs Ball State, Improves To 5-3
CMU's Kate Biglin (5) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal on Saturday at Cristy Freese Field.
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – Freshman Kate Biglin scored early in the third quarter and Central Michigan stood tall defensively late on Saturday in posting a 1-0 Mid-American Conference field hockey victory over Ball State on Senior Day at Cristy Freese Field.
It marked the second-consecutive win for the Chippewas, who improved to 5-3, 3-2 MAC. Ball State is 5-8, 3-6. The teams are scheduled to play on Sunday (1 p.m.) at Cristy Freese Field.
The five victories overall and the three league wins are the most for the Chippewas since they went 7-12, 5-1 and won the MAC regular-season championship in 2014. CMU a combined four games in the 2018 and '19 seasons after going winless in 2017.
"You look at the upperclassmen and you look at the seniors, especially on Senior Day," CMU coach Catherine Ostoich said. "They were around when this team had a winless season. It just means so much to them and to everybody.
"It's really great to see that hard work pay off and you can tell that we're getting better and we're making the changes and we're doing it together, which is great. They believe that they can go out and win; we know we're good enough to play with anybody, which is awesome."
Biglin scored on a rebound, unassisted, her team-leading fourth goal of the season at the 33:47 mark. Biglin shares the team lead in points (8) with Alice O'Hagan.
"The first quarter, first quarter-and-a-half, we played some really good hockey and put on some good offensive pressure," Ostoich said. "The second half we kind of showed our fatigue. I've got to give it to the girls, we talked the last couple of days about controlling what we can control and that we had to make sure that we're communicating and that we bring energy, and we did that today.
"I think it's super awesome that it was (Biglin) who scored that goal because she really played a phenomenal game today. She was on fire in the first half and did a lot for us in the second half too."
Ball State finished with an 8-7 edge in shots and the shots on goal were even at three apiece. CMU goalkeeper Katie Maxim, a freshman, made three saves in posting her first shutout. CMU stopped the Cardinals twice on penalty corners in the final three minutes and the Chippewas held the fort despite the fact that Ball State had the extra attacker after pulling its goalie.
"It wasn't amazing hockey, or pretty hockey in that second half, but we came out and we fought and we never stopped fighting," Ostoich said. "Our word for the season is grit and I felt like we really showed some true grit today.
"Taryn Damm and Lauren Buffington both had really good games as well and were big reasons that we were able to come up with the win today."
CMU Chippewas
Penn State Field Hockey Team Suffers OT Loss to Ohio State in Regular Season Finale
Penn State rallies from two goals down but falls in overtime to Buckeyes
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Penn State Nittany Lion field hockey team (7-6, 5-2 B1G) lost a hard-fought overtime game to visiting Ohio State (5-8, 2-5 B1G) in the regular season finale for both teams. Head coach Char Morett-Curtiss' squad rallied from a two-goal deficit but dropped a 3-2 game in overtime at the Penn State Field Hockey Complex.
In instances where teams are scheduled to play each other twice during this year's Big Ten season, only the first game between the two squads is considered for the Big Ten regular season standings. Given that, today's game only counts in the overall standings for each team, not the conference ledger.
The Nittany Lions fell victim to two first half penalty strokes, the first just over two minutes into the game. Ohio State was awarded the penalty stroke at the 12:38 mark, with Mackenzie Allessie connecting on the effort to give the Buckeyes an early 1-0 lead. The Nittany Lions were on defense for the majority of the opening period as Ohio State outshot the home team 7-2 in the opening 15 minutes. Nittany Lion goalie Brie Barraco (Allentown, Pa.) collected four saves in the first period to keep Penn State close. The Buckeyes, continuing a trend started in Friday's game, rolled off five penalty corners in the opening period alone but Barraco's play in the cage kept OSU to just one goal.
The second period began much like the first with Ohio State moving the ball into the Penn State circle and just :31 into the stanza picking up yet another penalty stroke. Allessie connected once again with 14:29 on the clock and the Buckeyes led 2-0.The remainder second period was an even affair with the teams trading possessions and opportunities. Penn State got on the board at the 11:45 mark when freshman Sophia Gladieux (Boyertown, Pa.) scored unassisted after a nifty drive through the Buckeye circle, putting the ball past Ohio State goalie Abby Danson to cut the OSU lead to 2-1. Penn State battled Ohio State evenly for the rest of the period, picking up two penalty corners in the process, but Ohio State led by one at halftime.
Ohio State outshot Penn State 12-6 in the first half thanks to the opening period's margin. The Buckeyes had an 8-2 edge in corners while Barraco had seven saves to three for Danson.
Penn State came out in the third period and dominated ball possession and tempo, rolling up seven shots to only one for the Buckeyes. Penn State also posted a 4-0 edge in penalty corners and the Nittany Lions kept the ball in the Buckeye circle for much of the period. But Ohio State goalie Danson kept Penn State from tying the game, collecting four saves in the third period to allow the visitors to maintain their one goal lead heading to the fourth period.
The four period was a back-and-forth affair as Penn State looked for an opportunity to tie the game. With just under four minutes left in the contest, Penn State forced its only corner of the period and this time, the Lions connected. Bree Bednarski (Wyoming, Pa.) knocked in a hard, wide shot from Gladieux, allowing the ball to carrom past Danson to knot the game at 2-2 with just 3:14 left in the contest. The remaining minutes of regulation were scoreless and the game moved to overtime. The Buckeyes, however, stifled Penn State's comeback efforts just 1:13 into the extra stanza when Sarah Charley knocked a high shot into the back of the cage to give OSU the 3-2 victory.
Ohio State owned a 17-14 edge in shots and a 9-7 edge in penalty corners over the course of the game. Barraco had eight saves for the Nittany Lions while Danson had six for Ohio State. Each team had a defensive save as well.
"I was happy with how we fought back after a tough start," said Morett-Curtiss. "We came out in the second half and played much better, but we have to take advantage of our opportunities. We're excited for the post-season and ready to head to the Big Ten tournament, where we will meet Ohio State once again on Wednesday."
Penn State closes out the regular season with a 7-6 mark, 5-2 in the Big Ten. Ohio State ends its regulars season 5-8, 2-5 in the conference standings. The Nittany Lions now prepare for the Big Ten Tournament beginning this week at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. Penn State will be the No. 2 seed in the tournament and will take on, for the third straight game, Ohio State, the No. 7 seed. Game time in Iowa city is set for 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 21.
GAME BREAKDOWN
SCORING: 1 2 3 4 OT FINAL
PENN STATE 0 1 0 1 0 2
OHIO STATE 1 1 0 0 1 3
STATS: PSU OSU
Shots 14 17
Corners 7 9
SCORING SUMMARY (goal/assist) – TIME
1st: TEAM – Name (assist); 0:00
1st: OSU – Mackenzie Allessie (penalty stroke); 12:38
2nd: OSU – Allessie (penalty stroke); 14:29
2nd: PSU – Sophia Gladieux (unassisted); 11:45
4th: PSU – Bree Bednarski (Gladieux, Elena Vos); 3:14
OT: OSU – Sarah Charley (unassisted); 8:47
GOALKEEPERS: MIN GA S
PSU: Brie Barraco 61:13 3 8
OSU: Abby Danson 61:13 2 6
Go PSU Sports
Ohio Field Hockey Falls to Kent State
ATHENS, Ohio -- The Ohio field hockey team (3-9, 3-9 MAC) suffered a setback in a 3-1 loss to Kent State (8-3, 6-3 MAC) on Saturday (April 17) afternoon at Pruitt Field.
The Golden Flashes started the action with their first goal of the game in the fourth minute, scored by Sydney Washburn. Jenna McCrudden extended the lead for Kent State before half with a goal in the 27th minute.
The Bobcats answered quickly after the half as senior forward Jillian Shive (Lebanon, Ohio) scored her sixth goal of the season. Shive was assisted by senior midfielder Emma Spinetto (Louisville, Ky.), who sent forward a bouncing pass that Shive finished in the goal.
Kent State scored again in the 40th minute off a penalty corner. The Golden Flashes held the penalty corner advantage, 8-3. The Bobcats also trailed in shots, 13-8.
Ohio used two goalkeepers in Saturday's game. Junior Nele Graner (Bonn, Germany) started for the Bobcats and saved five of the seven shots on goal that she faced. Freshman Macy Lotze (Louisville, Ky.) entered the contest to start the second half and allowed one goal with one save.
Kent State goalkeeper Azure Fernsler saved seven shots and allowed one goal.
The Bobcats will return to action next weekend for the final two-game series of the season against Bellarmine at home.
Ohio Bobcats