SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts The American International College field hockey team fell 7-1 to the No. 7 LIU Post Pioneers on Friday, November 9 to end the 2018 season.
FAST FACTS:
SCORE:No. 7 LIU Post 7, AIC 1
RECORDS:AIC ends the campaign at 3-15 and 3-10 in the Northeast-10 Conference, while LIU Post concludes the regular season at 13-4 and 10-3 in the NE10.
LOCATION:Ronald J. Abdow Field, Springfield, Massachusetts
STATS:
AIC:
Sophie Schulpen: One goal
Megan Stewardson: One assist
Nichara Condo: One defensive save
Jessica Stone: Loss (3-14), six saves in 58:18
Madi Dube: No decision (0-1), two saves in 11:42
LIU Post:
Emily Miller: Hat trick, one assist
Tarryn Morris: One goal, one assist
Maddie Leitner: One goal, one assist
Rachel Vellis: Win (13-4), seven saves
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Tarryn Morris opened the scoring at 13:24; Emily Miller followed with a pair of goals at 18:28 and 24:07 to build a 3-0 lead for the visiting squad.
- AIC had a response to get back in the game, with graduate back Megan Stewardson flicking a pass into the circle to an open freshman forward Sophie Schulpen, who fired a shot low left past Rachel Vellis for her first collegiate goal at 25:15 to cut the deficit to 3-1.
- Out of the break, Miller completed her hat trick just 1:11 into the period, and the Pioneers added two more by the 59th minute to build a 6-1 lead; after the sixth goal, AIC replaced freshman goalkeeper Jessica Stone with sophomore Madi Dube.
- LIU Post would net one more in the final minute for the 7-1 result.
THE FINAL ANALYSIS:
- There were some marked improvements over the course of the 2018 campaign as compared to the previous season.
- On an individual level, junior back Chelsea Davis's line of 6-3-15 represents the most goals and points a single player has tallied in three seasons for AIC; Davis tied her own single-season defensive saves mark that she set last year with 11.
- As a team, AIC won one more game than the season before; this year's squad netted four more goals than last year.
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