For immediate release - 11/15/2008 - #119
Lynchburg College Field Hockey Falls to Ursinus College 3-2 in Second Round NCAA Tournament Action
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COLLEGEVILLE, PA- The Lynchburg College field hockey team took second ranked Ursinus College down to the wire but came up on the losing end of a 3-2 contest in the second round of the NCAA Tournament from the campus of Ursinus College in Collegeville, PA.
Jen Hooven put Ursinus on the board 4:17 into the game off an assist from Jennie Moore. Jennie Moore added a tally for herself three minutes later to give Ursinus a two-goal lead early on. Jordan Warrington (Ocean View, DE/Indian River) stopped the streak and cut the deficit to 2-1 off a feed from Erin Funkhouser (Natural Bridge, VA/Menchville) at the 16:24 mark. The rest of the first half would be scoreless, but LC came out in the second half and notched the score at 2-2 at 38:19 into the game as Warrington added her second score of the game, this time courtesy of a Jenny Weir (Richmond, VA/James River) assist. At the 57:10 mark, Kait Sutherland would score on a putback to earn the decisive goal for Ursinus. Signey Milks (Gloucester, VA/Gloucester) was awarded with a penalty stroke with less than five minutes remaining, but Erica Scott stopped the stroke to preserve the 3-2 victory.
Sarah Cates (Wilmington, DE/Brandywine) of Lynchburg (18-6) had a phenomenal game in the cage, posting 12 saves while allowing three goals. Scott of Ursinus (18-2) notched four saves and allowed two goals. Ursinus had a commanding 27-10 advantage in shots and an equally decisive advantage in penalty corners at 11-4.
Lynchburg ends its season with an 18-6 record, giving the Hornets their third consecutive year of at least 18 wins and also earned the ODAC Championship for the third consecutive season.
