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20210411 - FH vs ECSU
Sydney Spenard gets past an ECSU defender
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Winner Eastern Conn. St. ECSU (3-0, 2-0)
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Plymouth St. PSU (0-2, 0-1)
Winner
Eastern Conn. St. ECSU
(3-0, 2-0)
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Final
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Plymouth St. PSU
(0-2, 0-1)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Eastern Conn. St. ECSU 0 1 0 1 2
Plymouth St. PSU 0 1 0 0 1

Game Recap: Field Hockey | | Christopher J. Kilmer, Asst. Director of Communications for Athletics

FH: Panthers nipped by ECSU in long awaited return to campus

PLYMOUTH, N.H. – A late goal by Eastern Connecticut State University spoiled the long-awaited return to campus for the Plymouth State University field hockey team as the Warriors nipped PSU 2-1 in a non-conference game at Panther Field on Sunday afternoon.
 
Plymouth State was playing on campus for the first time since the 2014 ECAC New England Tournament Championship game, a 2-0 win on Arold Field. PSU spent the next five seasons playing on turf at nearby New Hampton School, but was finally able to return home this spring after the completion of Plymouth State's new Panther Field.
 
The teams traded goals in the second quarter and the score remained deadlocked at one until early in the fourth quarter when a Warriors' backhanded attempt snuck through traffic into the back of the cage.
 
Prior to the game Plymouth State honored its senior class during a brief Senior Day ceremony. Seniors Kaitlyne Silva (East Providence, R.I.), Olivia Geisser (Lowell, Mass.), Haley Wakefield (South Paris, Maine), Jess Distler (Brookfield, N.H.) and recent graduate Laura Secone (Harpswell, Maine), who completed her degree requirements in the fall semester, were all recognized.
 
With the setback the Panthers fall to 0-2, while Eastern Connecticut moves to 3-0.
 
The Basics:
  • Plymouth State 1, Eastern Connecticut St. 2
    • Plymouth State (0-2)
    • Eastern Connecticut St. (3-0)
Top Performers: How it Happened:
  • Eastern Connecticut pressured the PSU defense in the first quarter. The Warriors earned three penalty corners, but Distler made three saves in the frame and the Panthers blocked two shots to keep the game scoreless.
  • The teams went up and down the field through most of the second quarter, with the Warriors getting on the board with 2:31 left in the half. Freshman Leah Kowalasky (Middlebury, Conn.) sent a drive from just inside the circle. The ball skipped up into the air and junior Brianna Nolan (Watertown, Conn.) batted it into the cage.
  • Plymouth State came back to tie things in the final minute of the quarter. Freshman Taylor Healey (Campton, N.H.) fired a shot that was saved, but junior Leah Mayes (Lebanon, N.H.) picked up the rebound and snuck a low angle shot past the goalkeeper high to the far post.
  • The teams played even in the third quarter, but Eastern Connecticut ramped up the pressure in the fourth and the visitors pulled ahead when freshman Isabel Sanchez's (Weston, Conn.) backhanded shot slipped past a defender and into the goal 4:21 into the frame.
  • PSU's best chance to retie the game came with just under three minutes to go when Wakefield got the ball alone in the arc, but her attempt was kicked away by the ECSU goalie and the Warriors held on.
By the Numbers:
  • ECSU held a 14-7 advantage in shots, but nearly half were off target. The Warriors had eight shots on goal to PSU's five.
  • Eastern Connecticut earned 12 penalty corners, while Plymouth State had four.
  • Wakefield led the Panthers with four shots.
  • Distler made five saves in the first half before giving way to freshman Kayla Antonucci (Windham, N.H.) for the final 30 minutes. Antonucci made one save but dropped to 0-2.
Up Next:
  • PSU hosts Keene State in the season finale on April 21 at 4:00 p.m.
 
 
 
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