UConn Field Hockey Falls at Penn State 3-1
Kristin Galuski tabs team-leading fourth goal in loss

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (September 4, 2005) - Sophomore Kristin Galuski (Latham, N.Y) scored her team-leading fourth goal of the season but it wasn’t enough as the University of Connecticut field hockey team dropped its first contest of the year by a 3-1 margin on Sunday afternoon at Penn State.

The loss moves UConn to 2-1 overall on the season, while the Nittany Lions improve to 3-1 overall.

Penn State took a 1-0 lead 10:05 into the game when Natalie Berrena scored off a feed by Annelise Legel. The Nittany Lions added another tally at the 21:02 mark off the stick of Brittany Long to take a 2-0 advantage into the intermission.

Galuski got Connecticut on the board with her fourth tally of the season when she tipped in a cross from senior Rebecca Helwig (Basking Ridge, N.J.) to make the score 2-1 at the 48:03 mark.

Despite out-shooting Penn State 6-2 over the final 35 minutes, the Huskies were unable to put another shot past Penn State goalkeeper Megan Akstin, who made five saves - four of which came in the second half.

Kiersten Wood added the last goal of the game for Penn State at 54:31 to account for the final 3-1 margin.

The Nittany Lions out-shot UConn for the game 11-8 and attempted nine penalty corners while limiting the Huskies to six opportunities.

UConn returns to action on Thursday, Sept. 8 when they travel to face Quinnipiac at Yale University beginning at 7:00 p.m. (ET).


Scoring Summary    1st    2nd      Final
Connecticut (2-1)      0       1          1
Penn State (3-1)       2       1          3

PSU - Berrena, Natalie (2), 10:05 (Legel, Annelise)
PSU - Long, Brittany (1), 21:02 (Wood, Kiersten)
UConn - Galuski, Kristin (4), 48:03 (Helwig, Rebecca)
PSU - Wood (2), 54:31 (Long, Jen; Legel)


Statistical Summary    UConn      PSU
Shots                             8          11
Saves                             5           5
Penalty Corners                6           9