Field Hockey Outscored, 3-1, End Three-game Winning Steak

Sunday, September 17

Hempstead, NY

1:00 p.m.

Syracuse University

Hofstra

Junior midfielder Gloria Nantulya (Nairobi, Kenya) recorded her first career assist

Field Hockey Outscored, 3-1, End Three-game Winning Steak

9/18/2006 9:47:44 AM | Field Hockey

Box Score

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – Hofstra’s Kara McEneaney secured the 3-1 Pride victory against Syracuse University Sunday afternoon with an unassisted goal at 56:55. The loss ends SU’s three-game winning streak and drops the Orange to 4-3, while the Pride improve to 5-2.

“They were very fast, aggressive and physical and I think we struggled with that later in the game,” head coach Kathleen Parker said. “We started out well, but then they just started beating us to the ball.”

Late in an evenly-matched first half, McEneaney set up Leslie DeSimone after a penalty corner as Hofstra took the lead with the first goal of the match at 32:37.

Early in the second period, the Pride raised the score to 2-0 with Pemba Ramdoo scoring after receiving a pass from Doni-Melissa Jantzen at 42:28.

Syracuse answered seven minutes later with sophomore forward Alison Babbitt (Spencer, N.Y) scoring with the assist awarded to junior midfielder Gloria Nantulya (Nairobi, Kenya), bringing the score to 2-1.

McEneaney, though, connected on an insurance goal at the 56:55 mark to put Hofstra ahead 3-1.

Hofstra out-shot Syracuse 10-4 and a held an 8-2 edge in penalty corners.

Syracuse junior goalkeeper Marie O’Brien (Burlington, Ontario) saved two shots with 58:00 in goal and sophomore goalie Heather Hess (Lititz, Pa.) finished up in goal for the Orange with two saves. Jessica Cowperthwait played 70:00 and saved three shots for the Pride.

The Orange return home for a BIG EAST game against Louisville on Friday, September 22 at 3 p.m.