Huskies Fall to Penn State on Late Goal
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STORRS, CT (Sept. 6, 2002)-- Senior Heather Conroy scored her second goal of
the game with 2:23 left in the game to give the Penn State University field
hockey team a 2-1 victory Friday night over the University of Connecticut at the
George J. Sherman Family Sports Complex.
Penn State improves to 2-0 on the season with the win, while the Huskies fall
to 1-2 on the year.
Conroy’s game-winning goal came off a penalty corner feed from sophomore
Michelle Rigby. The duo also teamed up for the first Penn State goal of the
game, which came just under nine minutes into the second half and gave the
Nittany Lions a 1-0 lead.
The Huskies had tied the score at 1-1 with just under 15 minutes to play on a
goal by sophomore Lauren Henderson (Avondale Harare, Zimbabwe). Henderson’s goal
was her team-leading fourth of the season and came off a penalty corner feed
from freshman Laura Puddle (Thames, England).
UConn junior goalie Maureen Butler (Red Hook, NY) made four saves on the
night for the Huskies, while her Penn State counterpart, senior Annie Zinkavich
stopped five Connecticut shots on goal.
The Huskies return to action on Tuesday, September 10 with a 7:00 p.m.
contest against the University of New Hampshire at Harvard in Cambridge, MA. |
