Maryland field hockey falls to Northwestern 2-1 for its first loss of the season
(Courtesy of Maryland Athletics)
It was a tale of two halves for the Terps (1-1, B1G) who at halftime led Northwestern 1-0, but 38 seconds into the 2d half Northwestern's (ane-1, B1G) forwards/midfielder Mackenzie Keegan scored to necktie the game.
Northwestern midfielder Peyton Halsey broke the necktie in the third quarter which amounted to be the game-winner, in the 2-1 loss.
"Great Northwestern team," head coach Missy Meharg said. "There were some private players who took the game into their hands. I think [we] played not bad in the start ii quarters. I was pleased with the quality of the match."
In the first half, the Terps came out firing with 9 shots and eight penalization corners. Defender Riley Donnelly scored the simply goal for the Terps six minutes into the game. Midfielder Nathalie Fiechter and forward Bibi Donraadt were credited with the assist. That goal came off of one of Maryland's 7 first quarter penalty corners.
Donnelly was ane of the vivid spots for the squad this weekend. The inferior recorded both assists in Fri'southward win and now has four points on the season.
"In Riley'southward play and goal scoring on corners she is a really impactful player," midfielder Brooke DeBerdine said. "But then also simply her control and her confidence with the attacking forward has been really adept for us and she is making a lot happen which was seen today."
One area of focus for the squad this week in do is executing meliorate on their penalty corners, as the squad is converting less than they're accustomed to in the by.
"Penalty corners are nigh the speed of execution and accuracy," Meharg said. "We are merely not good enough yet and we need to be. "The encompass players and second runners were able to become touches on the ball. We will be working very hard on that."
Despite the struggles executing the penalty corners, Meharg is pleased with the number of them the Terps accept taken through their start ii games.
I'm very happy with the number of penalty corners we drew," Meharg said. "We put ourselves in position to get on the lath with more goals."
Over the form of the game the Terps racked upwardly four green cards 2 for forrad/midfielder Taylor Mason and two for midfielder Emma DeBerdine. Those light-green cards proved costly as both Mason and Emma DeBerdine were sidelined for two minutes for each infraction. Three of the greenish cards came in the 2d half.
"Our temperament was a little immature in the third and fourth quarter at times which acquired us some cards and player downward situations," Meharg said.
The Terps will exist back in activeness on Friday when they take on Ohio Land at 3 p.m. and will face up Northwestern again on Sunday at ten:30 a.m. Both games will once again exist in Virginia Beach.
Source: http://wmucsports.net/maryland-field-hockey-falls-to-northwestern-2-1-for-its-first-loss-of-the-season/
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