COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – The Juniata field hockey team gained the lead first in the eighth minute versus Ursinus College yet the Bears responded with a 7-2 victory in the second round of the NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship tournament at The Eleanor Frost Snell Alumnae Field this Saturday.
Caroline Phillips (Wilmington, Del./Concord) was the player to gain the lead off of a flawless penalty corner from Paula Price (Camp Hill, Pa./East Pennsboro) nine minutes into the first half.
Ursinus' Alyssa Thren reacted to tie up the game of an unassisted goal in the 15th minute. Thren found the goalmouth again from Bridget Resetco to get a head just five minutes later. The remainder of the half was evenly matched yet the Bears held their 2-1 lead.
Jennifer Bayzick had the third goal for Ursinus off an assist from Resetco six minutes into the second half. Bayzick then scored off of a deflection from a Juniata defender's foot. Thren scored her hattrick for the day from Corrine Freeman. Thren connected with Megan Yoder to put the Bears up 6-1.
The Eagles kept fighting as Price and Suzi Lindquist (Richmond, Va./Henrico) teamed up for a total of three back-to-back consecutive shots on Ursinus goalkeeper LauraLee Lightwood-Mater.
Kim Amrod (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield) found the back of the net on her own when the ball bounced around the circle after a penalty corner. Bayzick came back once more from Resetco with one minute left in the second half.
The last time the two team matched up was in 2007 when the Eagles beat the Bears 2-0 in the second round of the tournament held at Lebanon Valley College.
Juniata goalkeeper Moira Nugent (Lancaster, Pa./Lampeter-Strasburg) had a phenomenal effort in the net today making. Lightwood-Mater tallied
The Bears will enter the third round game which will be played again at Ursinus on The Eleanor Frost Snell Alumnae Field Sunday, Nov. 14 at 1:00 p.m. They will face the winner of the Tufts University versus Middlebury College game held at 2:00 p.m. today also at Ursinus.
