FREDERICKSBURG, Va. – The Shenandoah University field hockey team saw its five-match winning streak snapped Saturday afternoon with a 4-3 non-league loss at Mary Washington.
Shenandoah (6-2) scored the game's initial goal, on an unassisted Taylor Hayes tally in the 16th minute, only to see UMW (5-2) score three straight goals to take a lead it would not relinquish.
SU scored two of the final three goals of the game.
HOW IT HAPPENED
SU
16' | Taylor Hayes opens the scoring by knocking one home off of UMW goalkeeper Jessica Cavolt's pads
59' | Lindsey Florio redirects classmate Kelsey Jones' feed out of the air and in
65' | Hayes sets up Morgan Payne for the final goal of the game
UMW
22' | Izzy Scholtz ties the game up at 1-1 thanks to a Sydney Keating feed
42' | Lauren Hopkins puts the Eagles up 2-1 by redirecting a Bella Urcia pass
54' | Lexie Dixson puts home a rebound
62' | Morgan MacCartney scores off of a corner
QUOTABLE
"Today was a really good test for us," SU head coach Ashley Smeltzer-Kraft said. "It was our fourth road game in a row and despite the loss, we battled the entire game. We are looking forward to returning home tomorrow and finishing off the weekend strong."
UP NEXT
Shenandoah completes its busy week with a noon non-league home contest versus Wesley
MATCH NOTES
- Mary Washington outshot SU 27-10
- Shenandoah took 10 of the game's 19 corners
- SU goalkeeper Isabella Morande had nine saves
- Mary Washington has won all three meetings in series history
- Both games played in Fredericksburg have been one-goal contests
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