Villanova Rallies Past UConn Field Hockey 4-3
Freshman Jennifer Kleinhans scores two goals in loss

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STORRS, Conn. (September 17, 2005) - Villanova rallied from a 3-1 deficit with three goals over the final 18:29 to defeat the No. 11 University of Connecticut field hockey team 4-3 on Saturday afternoon at the George J. Sherman Family Sports Complex in the BIG EAST Conference opener for both teams.

Lauren Campanelli scored the game winner for the Wildcats with 1:34 remaining in regulation, her second goal of the game.

The loss snaps the Huskies three-game winning streak and drops Connecticut to 5-2 overall and 0-1 in BIG EAST games. Villanova moves to 6-1 overall with the win and 1-0 in the league.

Connecticut came up short despite dominating the majority of the contest as it out-shot Villanova 16-5 for the game and attempted 12 penalty corners while limiting the Wildcats to two.

Freshman Jennifer Kleinhans (Mannheim, Germany) scored a pair of second-half goals to break a 1-1 deadlock at intermission and give the Huskies a 3-1 edge with 25:40 remaining. Kleinhans first tally came when she blasted a shot from 15 yards out to defeat Villanova goalkeeper Erin Scott at the 42:19 mark of the second half.

Kleinhans added her second score off assists from seniors Rebecca Helwig (Basking Ridge, N.J.) and Laura Puddle (London, England) at 49:20.

Villanova cut the margin to one on a goal by Rory Rogers at 51:31 before rallying for two more goals over the final 4:39 to seal the victory.

Helwig put the Huskies on the scoreboard 13:02 into the contest with her sixth goal of the season which was set up by Lizzy Peijs (Venlo, Holland). Villanova answered to knot the score at 1-1 just over three minutes later on a blast by Lauren Campanelli.

UConn returns to action on Wednesday, Sept. 21 when it plays host to Harvard beginning at 4:00 p.m. (ET) at the George J. Sherman Family Sports Complex.

Scoring Summary           1st     2nd      Final
Villanova (6-1, 1-0)          1       3        4
Connecticut (5-2, 0-1)      1       2        3

UConn - Helwig, Rebecca (6), 13:02 (Peijs, Lizzy)
VNova - Campanelli, Lauren, 16:18
UConn - Kleinhans, Jennifer (2), 42:19 (Hoffmann, Meagan)
UConn - Kleinhans (3), 49:20 (Helwig; Puddle, Laura)
VNova - Rogers, Rory, 51:31 (Coveleski, Sam)
VNova - Campanelli, 68:26 (Schmidt)

Statistical Summary      Villanova          UConn
Shots                                5                  16
Saves                               4                    0
Penalty Corners                  12                   2