Julie Hockenberger
4
Winner SUNY Geneseo GENESEO (2-8)
1
Elmira ELMIRA (2-7)
Winner
SUNY Geneseo GENESEO
(2-8)
4
Final
1
Elmira ELMIRA
(2-7)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
SUNY Geneseo GENESEO 1 3 4
Elmira ELMIRA 1 0 1

Game Recap: Field Hockey |

Field Hockey Loses Second Game of Four Game Homestand

Score: SUNY Geneseo 4, Elmira College 1
Records: SUNY Geneseo (2-8), Elmira (2-7)
Location: Murray Athletic Center – Pine Valley, N.Y.

PINE VALLEY N.Y. -- Elmira College field hockey could not keep its first-half momentum, allowing three second-half goals en route to a 4-1 loss to SUNY Geneseo Saturday afternoon, at the Murray Athletic Center.

Atu Machika '18 got the first goal of the contest in the ninth minute with a tip into the bottom left corner of the cage off of a penalty corner. This was Machika's third goal of the season, and her second in the last two games.
 
The Soaring Eagles then amped up the defensive pressure by saving or blocking the next four shots from the Knights. Geneseo finally broke through the staunch Purple and Gold defense with a Gabriella Clare goal with 14 minutes left in the half. Clare was able to slice through the defense and sink in a shot off an impressive pass from Morgan Maley.
 
EC was able to keep the score tied for the rest of the first half, with third-year goalie Julie Hockenberger '18 recording three of her 10 saves in the half.
 
The Soaring Eagles kept up this defensive pressure for another 15 minutes, and did not allow a goal on the Knights' next seven shots. The visitors broke through for their second goal. In the 51st minute, Gabriella Clare capitalized off of a loose ball in front of the cage following a Hockenberger save and buried her shot for her second goal of the afternoon.
 
The Knights put the game away less than two minutes later, when Clare sunk a shot past Hockenberger into the bottom corner of the cage. The visitors were relentless in the second-half, shooting 18 of their 28 shots in the second stanza. Geneseo added one more goal in the 65 minute, after the game had been put away.
 
Turning Point
The Soaring Eagles seemed to lose some of their defensive intensity when they allowed the first two second-half goals in quick succession. The Purple and Gold could not stand up to the Knights' relentless aggression, after being outshot in the contest by 19. After the third goal for the visitors the game seemed to be well into their hands.

Inside the Box Score
  • Machika scored EC's lone goal.
  • Alison Mariano '18 and Sarah McCaffrey '18 had assists on the goal.
  • Elmira was out shot in the game, 28-to-9.
  • Geneseo was awarded 14 penalty corners, compared to EC's six.
  • Giovanna Fasanello had a game-high eight shots in the contest.
  • Mariano  paced the Soaring Eagles with three shots.
  • McCaffrey led the Purple and Gold with two shots on goal.
  • Clare finished with a game-high two goals.
  • Morgan Maley finished with a game-high two assists.

News and Notes
  • Machika's goal was her third of the year, tying her single season-high.
  • McCaffrey  recorded her team-leading fifth assist of the season.
  • Hockenberger recored 10 saves on the day, bringing her season total to 82.
  • Ten saves is the fourth-most that the junior goal keeper has made in a game this season.

Up Next
The Elmira field hockey team is back at the MAC for the third match of its four game homestand, when EC takes on Hartwick College in Empire 8 Conference action on Saturday, October 8th, at 1:00 p.m.
 
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