Box Score

SELINSGROVE, Pa. – The Susquehanna field hockey team could not hold on to a 1-0 halftime lead and fell to Ithaca College 2-1 on Sunday afternoon.

The Crusaders (5-3) almost tripled the Bombers (6-1) in shots, 30-12, with 20 of those shots coming in the first half. However, after being held to only two first-half shots, Ithaca broke out for 10 shots and two goals over the final 35 minutes of play to grab the win in come-from-behind fashion.

Brodie Ercole (Oakmont, Pa./Lewisburg Area) led all players with eight shots while Erica Reichart (Gettysburg, Pa./Gettysburg Area) added three and accounted for the lone SU goal of the game. Goalie Margaret Ruth (Lewisberry, Pa./Northern) notched three saves on the afternoon.

The Crusaders' first shot of the day came less than two minutes into the game and with 6:06 on the clock, Susquehanna took its first of two penalty strokes on the day. The second stroke came at the 28:46 mark as Reichart took the shot and knocked the ball past Bomber goalie Katie Lass for the 1-0 SU lead, which remained the score at halftime.

Ithaca opened the second half by taking four shots within a five-minute span and was able to turn its sixth shot of the half into a goal directly following a penalty corner.

With just under two minutes to play in regulation, it remained a 1-1 game before Ithaca's Katie Kennedy collected a rebound off an Olivia Salindong pass and directed it past Ruth for the 2-1 Bombers lead.

The Crusaders managed to fire off one more shot following a penalty corner as time expired but Lass made the save to end the game.

SU begins a three-game road stretch on Sept. 25 with a 7 p.m. game at Lebanon Valley.