#7 Penn State Defeats JMU

Sunday, September 30

University Park, Pa.

Noon

James Madison University

(3-6)

Penn State

(8-3, 3-1)

James Madison

Penn State

9/30/2018 2:15:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – James Madison field hockey fell to #7 Penn State 8-2 on the road on Sunday morning. The Dukes continued to battle even when the final horn sounded as they set up for a penalty corner, which they would convert to a goal.

Penn State (8-3) was able to control the ball throughout the game taking 29 shots compared to the Dukes (3-6) five. The Nittany Lions took 11 corners, but JMU defense remained strong and only scored directly off of one corner, two other goals were scored on rebounds following a saved corner.

HOW THEY SCORED
JMU
51:52 | Marina Rupinski receives a pass from Emilly Schutt following a lot of action in the circle
70:00 | Rachel Yeager dishes out the corner and then gets a pass from Corey Mayer to put it in the goal
PENN STATE
2:11 | Aurelia Meijer got a rebounded shot that was blocked by a JMU defender to score
19:36 | Katie Dembrowski scores her first goal of the season following a corner rebound
20:41 | Lisa Winters is able to draw Nelson out of the cage, she dishes it to Alexis Horst for the goal
34:03 | Bree Bednarski stops the corner rebound that was blocked to give PSU a 4-0 lead at the half
42:12| Abby Myers drew Zampiello out of the cage and is able to put it in the goal
44:41| Meijer scores her second goal of the game
51:52| Meghan Reese redirects Cassie Kline's ball to push the Nittany Lions ahead 7-0
65:10 | Dish from the right side and redirected into the goal by Emily Klinger

GAME NOTES

Caitlin Nelson stopped 9 shots for her fourth straight game this season with 9 or more saves. Her career best is 13 which she set at #4 Duke
Yeager tallied her second goal and has now scored in back-to-back games
Marina Rupinski scored the first goal of her career
Emilly Schutt tallied her first collegiate assist with her dish to Rupinski
Mayer ended the week with six points (five of those points came on Friday). She now has an assist in back-to-back games
The Dukes did not allow a Penn State goalie to make a save. Their two shots on goal both became goals. This was the second time this season the Nittany Lions goalkeepers did not tally a save, but it was the first game with a shot on goal by the opponent.

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING
Coach Morgan: "We played a great team today! We're just not there yet but that's an example of where we want to be and that's why we play these top-5 and top-10 teams, to learn and get the lessons this year. There were a few extraordinary moments in the game so we will focus and feed off of that!"

UP NEXT
JMU hosts CAA rival Delaware on Friday, October 5 at the JMU Field Hockey Complex. The game is set to start at 6 p.m. and will be broadcasted on MadiZONE Sportsnet