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Second Half Seals 8-3 UMass Field Hockey Win
August 25, 2017 | Field Hockey
Minutewomen prevail in Weinberg's first game as head coach
Cooper, Hawkshaw and Kreusch each scored twice, while Cooper, a freshman, added three assists for a seven-point debut. Georgie McTear and Nicole Kuerzi also tallied once apiece while Sophie de Jonge dished two assists. Shauna Rankin-Byrne and Mirra Stillman posted a point each on assists.
Emily Hazard earned the win in the cage with three saves - all in the second half.
Holy Cross collected goals from Caroline Bono, Maureen Connolly and Emily Loprete.
The Minutewomen and Crusaders traded goals in the first half en route to a 3-3 tie at the break. Cooper earned both of her conversions in the frame, with her second evening the game on a redirection at the goalmouth with 11 minutes, 36 seconds left in the frame.
UMass pulled away early in the second stanza and posted five consecutive tallies for the 8-3 outcome. McTear needed only one minutes, 45 seconds of action in the final frame for her first collegiate tally. Kuerzi and Kreusch added to the lead in succession for a 6-3 advantage less than six minutes into the second half.
The Minutewomen return to the Gladchuk Sports Complex for a Sun., Aug. 27 contest against Vermont at 1 p.m.
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Team Stats
Connolly, Maureen (1)
Breakaway play, shot into center
8:59
KREUSCH, Melanie
Assisted By: de JONGE, Sophie , RANKIN-BYRNE, Shauna
Corner shot, left side
12:57
Bono, Caroline (1)
Assisted By: Connolly, Maureen
Pass from center to L post, sweep shot
14:59
COOPER, Lucy (1)
Cleans up ball on goal line
19:52
Loprete, Emily (1)
Deflection in the circle
20:38
COOPER, Lucy (2)
Play on ball at the cage
23:24
McTEAR, Georgie (1)
Assisted By: STILLMAN, Mirra , COOPER, Lucy
Corner shot, deflection off GK & post
36:45
KUERZI, Nicole (1)
Race to endline, turnaround shot through
37:23
KREUSCH, Melanie (2)
Assisted By: de JONGE, Sophie , COOPER, Lucy
Corner shot, right side low
40:20
HAWKSHAW, Sarah (1)
Across top of circle, reverse-stick goal
54:55
HAWKSHAW, Sarah (2)
Assisted By: COOPER, Lucy
At right post on cross-cage feed
68:41
