Sacred Heart
(4-8, 0-1MAAC)
Quinnipiac
(8-5, 1-0MAAC)
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Pioneers Drop MAAC Opener at Quinnipiac, 4-1
10/13/2013 12:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
HAMDEN, CT (October 13, 2013) - The Sacred Heart field hockey team lost its Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference opener on Sunday afternoon, falling to the Quinnipiac Bobcats, 4-1. This marks the first season of field hockey in the MAAC. The Pioneers fall to 4-8 overall on the season with the loss.
Quinnipiac (8-5, 1-0 MAAC) scored three second half goals to break open a 1-1 game at the half en route to the win. Four different Bobcats scored in the win. Jennalise Taylor gave QU a 1-0 lead just over seven minutes into action, scoring off a feed by Jessica Rusin.
The Pioneers responded quickly as senior Stephanie Frye (Walpole, MA) scored an unassisted goal just 2:25 later. The two teams would stay locked at 1-1 for the rest of the first half with the Bobcats holding an 11-2 edge on shots while earning eight penalty corners.
The Bobcats broke through in the 44th minute as Megan Osantisch scored what would prove to be the game-winner. Rusin and Kristin Engelke tacked on goal in the 60th and 67th minutes for the 4-1 win.
SHU's Mary Altepeter (Chesterfield, MO) made seven saves in goal.
The Pioneers are back in action next Sunday, October 20th when they host Robert Morris in MAAC action.
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Team Stats
TAYLOR, Jennalise
Assisted By: RUSIN, Jessica
GOAL by QU-FH TAYLOR, Jennalise (FIRST GOAL), Assist by RUSIN, Jessica.
7:15
FRYE, Stephanie
GOAL by SHU FRYE, Stephanie.
9:40
OSANTISCH, Megan
Assisted By: DANZIGER, Amanda
GOAL by QU-FH OSANTISCH, Megan, Assist by DANZIGER, Amanda.
44:32
RUSIN, Jessica
Assisted By: ENGELKE, Kristin
GOAL by QU-FH RUSIN, Jessica, Assist by ENGELKE, Kristin.
60:18
ENGELKE, Kristin
Assisted By: ALLAN, Danielle
GOAL by QU-FH ENGELKE, Kristin, Assist by ALLAN, Danielle.
67:12
