Field Hockey Cant Keep Up With Huskies

PAXTON, MA. – On Saturday, September 7th the Anna Maria College field hockey team hosted the Southern Maine Huskies. The AMCATS lost the game 7-0. 

It was about three minutes left in the first quarter that the Huskies would strike first making it a 1-0 game after the first fifteen minutes. The AMCATS would struggle to keep up, giving up a goal two minutes into the second quarter to bring the Huskies lead up by two. It would then be the Huskies again to score five minutes later to add to their lead closing out the first half behind Southern Maine 3-0. 

After the intermission, the AMCATS would struggle to put the pressure on resulting in the Huskies to add to their lead scoring one minute into the third quarter. It would then be the Huskies again to strike two minutes later, extending their lead against the AMCATS 5 to 0. It would then be four minutes left in the third quarter that the AMCATS would find their offense getting a shot off of Nicole LaCoste stick, forcing the Huskies goaltender to make a save. The AMCATS would keep the Huskies offense off the board for the rest of the fourth quarter. 

The Huskies offense would be, too much for the AMCATS as they would add to their lead scoring three minutes into the fourth quarter. It would then be the AMCATS to find their second shot on goal with about five minutes left in the game, forcing the Huskies goaltender to make her second save of the night. It would then be the Huskies to tally their final goal of the game off a corner on the final whistle of the game, resulting in the AMCATS falling to the Huskies 7 to 0. 

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE 

• Julianna Stanger would make her career high in saves recording 12. 
• The AMCATS were outshot 27 to 2. 

COMING UP: 

The AMCATS will be back in action on Tuesday September 10, where they will travel to Salem, MA to take on the Vikings of Salem State University for a non-conference matchup. Game is set to start at 7:00pm. 

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