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Field Hockey Falls to No. 16 Penn State at Home
9/8/2024 3:47:00 PM | Field Hockey
NEWARK, Del. – The University of Delaware field hockey team dropped a hard-fought game to No.16-ranked Penn State 5-4 Sunday afternoon in Delaware's 2024 home opener.
HENS HIGHLIGHTS
- Four Blue Hens players each tallied one goal as freshmen Janne Stoetzer and Kate Johnson, junior Noelle Sabbagh, and senior Genevieve Johnson all scored.
- Graduate transfer Lulu Fulton recorded two assists.
- Stoetzer and Janssen's goals were the first goals of their collegiate careers.
- Graduate transfer goalkeeper Cecile van Eijck recorded a season-high eight saves.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Sunday's match got out to a fast start as just six seconds in, Penn State was awarded a penalty corner and came close to capitalizing, but van Eijck made the save to keep the Nittany Lions off the board. At the 2:19 mark, Stoetzer found the back of the PSU cage on a breakaway run to give the Hens a 1-0 lead. Shortly after, Penn State knotted the game at one apiece with just under 10:00 to play in the first.
- The two squads entered the second period tied at 1-1, but after a UD penalty corner, Johnson promptly untied the game on an assist from Fulton to put Delaware ahead 2-1. The Nittany Lions continued to fight back, tallying five corners in the second quarter alone, eventually scoring on their third of the period to send the game into intermission knotted at 2-2.
- In the third period, the teams exchanged back-to-back goals on Jannssen's shot from the top of the circle and Sophia Gladieux's second goal, making it 3-3 with just under 13:00 to go in the period. Then, in the 43', Sabbagh found the back of the PSU cage as she deflected a ball from Johnson to put the Blue & Gold ahead 4-3 heading to the fourth period.
- In the final period, PSU held the Hens off the board for the first time as Katelyn Strawser tied the match at 4-4 in the 54' followed by Gladieux's third goal of the contest, making it 5-4, PSU.
MATCH NOTES
- Fulton recorded two or more assists in a game for the first time in her collegiate career.
- This was the third time ever the Blue Hens have scored four goals against Penn State, with the last time being a 4-1 win over the Nittany Lions on Nov. 21, 1982.
- Sunday's nine total goals were the most in a game between Delaware and Penn State, dating back to their first meeting in 1976.
UP NEXT
Delaware hits the road for two straight matches as the Blue Hens head to Iowa City, Iowa to face New Hampshire on Saturday, Sept. 14 at 2 p.m. and then the host school, the Iowa Hawkeyes on Sunday, Sept. 15 at 1 p.m.
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Team Stats
STOETZER, Janne (1)
GOAL by UD STOETZER, Janne (FIRST GOAL), goal number 1 for season.
2:19
Gladieux, Sophia
Assisted By: Tambroni, Madison , van Bekkum, Julienne
GOAL by PSU Gladieux, Sophia, Assist by Tambroni, Madison and van Bekkum, Julienne.
5:30
JOHNSON, Genevieve (1)
Assisted By: FULTON, Lulu
GOAL by UD JOHNSON, Genevieve, Assist by FULTON, Lulu, goal number 1 for season.
19:17
van Bekkum, Julienne
Assisted By: Mannino, Sophia
GOAL by PSU van Bekkum, Julienne, Assist by Mannino, Sophia.
27:10
JANSSEN, Kate (1)
GOAL by UD JANSSEN, Kate, goal number 1 for season.
31:42
Gladieux, Sophia
GOAL by PSU Gladieux, Sophia.
32:42
SABBAGH, Noelle (1)
Assisted By: JOHNSON, Genevieve , FULTON, Lulu
GOAL by UD SABBAGH, Noelle, Assist by JOHNSON, Genevieve and FULTON, Lulu, goal number 1 for season.
42:54
Strawser, Katelyn
GOAL by PSU Strawser, Katelyn.
53:11
Gladieux, Sophia
GOAL by PSU Gladieux, Sophia.
57:35
