Lycoming News

Lock Haven University Athletics issued the following announcement on Sept. 29.

After securing back-to-back weekend road wins, the Lock Haven University field hockey team returned home to host a tough Cornell University (4-3) squad tonight on Charlotte Smith Field. It was a tightly contested clash, but in the end, the visitors topped Lock Haven (3-5), 1-0 in non-conference action.

 

Caroline Ramsey scored early in the second quarter and the goal stood as the game-deciding mark.

 

For Lock Haven, goalkeeper Joaquina Orlandini (Concordia, Argentina/San Antonio School) continued her strong play. She made two saves, including a stretched-out kick save in the first half.

 

Brooke Hofsass (Hershey, Pa./Lower Dauphin), Karina Long (Hummelstown, Pa./Lower Dauphin) and Morgan Becker (West Chester, Pa./Bayard Rustin) turned in notable efforts for The Haven.

 

The Bald Eagles pushed hard in the final quarter and Martina Spangenberg (Buenos Aires, Argentina/Piaget) provided the best chance to tie the match, but her shot pushed just wide of the cage with five minutes to play.

 

Up next for LHU:

The Bald Eagles will travel to Rider University for a 12 p.m. non-conference match on Sunday, October 3.

 

LHU Game Notes:

Lock Haven and Cornell last met on September 8, 2019 and the Big Red won 3-2 in overtime in Ithaca, N.Y. … Back in 2018, Lock Haven won 3-1 at home in what has become at common non-conference matchup for the two schools over the last decade … Tonight's game marked the first home night game for LHU field hockey since a dominating 6-0 victory over Townson back on August 31, 2018 … It also marked the first night game on the newly installed turf at Charlotte Smith Field … The first event on the new turf came in LHU's season-opener … Lock Haven opened the season with a 2-1 (OT) victory over Ball State on September 3, 2021 … The Bald Eagles entered tonight's non-conference match with Cornell riding a two-game winning streak after going 2-0 over the weekend with two straight six-goal performances … On Monday (Sept. 27), Martina Spangenberg and Constanza Lopez Zabala were honored with weekly awards from the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) office …Spangenberg was named A-10 Player of the Week and Lopez Zabala was named Co-Rookie of the Week … Looking ahead, LHU is 5-2 vs. Rider since 2012 … More information available at GoLHU.com.

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