Box Score
YORK, Pa. – Junior Heather Moore (Columbus,
N.J./Peddie) and freshman Erica Reichart
(Littlestown, Pa./Gettysburg Area) teamed up to
provide the offense for the Susquehanna field hockey team
but it was not enough for a win as the Crusaders fell 3-2 at
York on Tuesday afternoon.
Moore and Reichart recorded back-to-back goals in the first half
of the action, but York's three goals in the final 11 minutes
of that half marked the final scoring for both teams as the
Spartans held on for the win.
SU junior goalie Erin Ferguson (Mount Laurel,
N.J./Seneca) played the first 33:31 of the game before
giving way to freshman Margaret Ruth (Lewisberry,
Pa./Northern). Ruth played the final 36 minutes and made
six saves without surrendering a goal.
Susquehanna (3-2) finished the game with 14 shots while York
(3-3) took 17, including 10 in the second half, none found the back
of the cage.
Reichart got the Crusaders on the board first with her third
goal of the season. With 13:30 on the clock, York goalie Maggie
Schlauch came up with a save on Ally Bradley's
(Jamison, Pa./Central Bucks South) penalty corner shot but
the ball rebounded right to Moore, who knocked it past Schlauch for
the 1-0 SU lead.
Just over 11 minutes later, Moore added her second score of the
game and the season when she redirected Rebecca
Entwistle's (Wall Twp., N.J./Wall) pass from the
left wing into the cage to help give the Crusaders a 2-0
advantage.
However, York responded with three unanswered goals of its own
over an 11-minute span. The first came when Casey Lawrence
redirected a corner shot with 25:50 on the clock. Five minutes
elapsed before Lawrence added two more goals to pick up a hat trick
with a full 35 minutes still to play and handed her team the 3-2
halftime lead.
Those five first-half goals proved to be the final ones of the
game. The Crusaders took seven more shots in the second half while
York managed 10, but solid play from both goalies and defenses
ensured none translated into goals as the Spartans held on for the
3-2 victory.
Next game: Sept. 16 – vs. Houghton, 7 p.m. at Sass
Fields
