ASTON, Pa. – The Neumann University Field Hockey team were undone by Stevenson University, ranked fourth in Division III, on Wednesday afternoon in Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Commonwealth play by a final score of 3-0.
After a scoreless first quarter in which Stevenson carried play but only had one shot, they stepped it up in the second. The Mustangs finally got on the scoreboard in the 23
rd minute and a nice passing play following a corner. The Knights tried to assert themselves offensively but were outshot by a 7-0 pace.
That trend continued into the third in which Stevenson picked up goals in the 32
nd and 38
th minutes to seal the game. Overall, Neumann was outshot 23-2 with the Mustangs earning 15 penalty corners to Neumann's one.
The Knights' shots came from
Gabriella Cappelli and
Jess Silver. They also had two defensive saves with one coming from
Natalie Hackett, and the other from
Cadence Conti.
Ly'Airrah Sanders stood tall in goal with six saves.
Neumann (7-7, 1-5 MAC Commonwealth) will try to get back into the win column on Saturday afternoon when they visit Alvernia University. The opening hit from Reading will be at 5:00 PM.
