No. 15 UConn Field Hockey Wins Fourth Straight 4-2 vs. No. 10 Michigan State
Sophomore Nikki Harmony scores career-high two goals in victory

Final Boxscore

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (October 8, 2005) - Sophomore Nikki Harmony (Palmyra, Pa.) scored a career-high two goals to lead the No. 15 UConn field hockey team to its fourth straight victory with a 4-2 win over No. 10 Michigan State on Saturday afternoon in Ann Arbor, Mich.

The victory improves UConn’s overall mark to 9-3 on the season while Michigan State slips to 8-6 following the loss.

The Huskies (9-3) opened up a 1-0 lead in the first half on sophomore Meagan Hoffman’s (East Granby, Conn.) third goal of the season 23:56 into the contest. Harmony added her first tally of the game at 33:40 to make the score 2-0 at the intermission.

Michigan State (8-6) knotted the contest at 2-2 on a pair of goals by Michelle Huynh-Ba within the first 5:53 of the second half. Huynh-Ba netted her first score just 1:56 into the second half before following with her second goal just 3:57 later at the 40:53 mark.

Connecticut reclaimed the lead for good at 47:55 when senior Rebecca Helwig (Basking Ridge, N.J.) knocked in her team-leading ninth goal of the season off a feed from sophomore Lizzy Peijs (Venlo, Holland), her second assist of the game. Harmony added an insurance tally when she put away a rebound at 57:19 to account for the final 4-2 margin.

UConn out-shot the Spartans for the game 15-8 and won despite attempting just two penalty corners while allowing seven to Michigan State.

The Huskies will remain in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Sunday for a meeting with No. 14 Michigan. Game time is slated for 12:00 p.m. (ET).


Scoring Summary                 1st     2nd      Final
No. 15 Connecticut (9-3)       2        2         4
No. 10 Michigan State (8-6)   0        2          2

UConn - Hoffmann, Meagan (3), 23:56
UConn - Harmony, Nicole (1), 33:40 (Peijs, Lizzy)
MSU - Huynh-Ba, Michelle, 36:56 (Riley, Gwen)
MSU - Huynh-Ba, 40:53 (Giddens, Maggie)
UConn - Helwig, Rebecca (9), 47:55 (Peijs)
UConn - Harmony (2), 57:19


Statistical Summary    UConn      MSU
Shots                            15          8
Saves                             1          7
Penalty Corners                2          7