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Huskies Blank Princeton 4-0 For Sixth Straight Win
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Conn. (September 12, 2004) — Senior Lauren Henderson (Avondale
Harare, Zimbabwe) scored a pair of goals as the University of Connecticut field
hockey team won its sixth straight game with a 4-0 shutout of Princeton on
Sunday afternoon at the George J. Sherman Family Sports Complex.
With the win, Connecticut improves to 6-0 on the season while Princeton drops to
1-3 with the defeat.
The Huskies came out firing in the first half as they out-shot the Tigers 12-2
over the initial 35 minutes.
Meagan Hoffman (West Granby, Conn.) got things started for UConn with her
second goal of the season at the 6:58 mark to put the Huskies up 1-0.
Henderson followed with her first score of the game at 13:29 to give Connecticut
a 2-0 advantage at the half.
The Huskies only attempted two shots in the second half, but took advantage of
both as Lizzy Peijs (Breda, Holland) scored off a feed from Becky
Helwig (Basking Ridge, N.J.) at the 56:10 mark before Henderson followed
with her second tally less than four minutes later to account for the final
margin.
Princeton out-shot the Huskies in the second half 9-2 and attempted nine penalty
corners to the Huskies two, but failed to capitalize as UConn junior goalkeeper
Melissa Bostwick (San Diego, Calif.) made six of her seven saves in the
game over the final 35 minutes.
Helwig was a key for the Huskies on the defensive end as well as she made a
season-best three defensive saves in the victory.
The Huskies will hit the road for the first time this season when they travel to
Philadelphia, Pa., to face Villanova in the BIG EAST Conference opener on
Sunday, Sept. 19 at 1:00 p.m. (ET).
Scoring Summary 1st
2nd Final
Princeton (1-3)
0 0
0
Connecticut (6-0) 2
2 4
UConn - Meagan Hoffman (2), 6:58
UConn - Lauren Henderson (8), 13:29
UConn - Lizzy Peijs (5), 56:10 (Becky Helwig)
UConn - Henderson (9), 59:53
Statistical Summary
Princeton UConn
Shots
11
21
Saves
6
7
Penalty Corners
11
4
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