Miami Squeaks by App State On Fourth Quarter Goal, 1-0

Friday, September 17

Boone, NC

3 p.m.

Miami University

(3-5 (1-0))

Appalachian State University

(2-4 (0-1))

MIAMI

APP STATE

Barbee, Kirby, Nugent, Sturm (Field Hockey)

Photo by: Miami Athletics

Miami Squeaks by App State On Fourth Quarter Goal, 1-0

9/17/2021 4:32:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score

Boone, NC. — The Miami University field hockey team defeated Appalachian State 1-0 in a very tightly contested Mid-American Conference contest on Friday afternoon. The RedHawks improve to 3-5 overall and 1-0 in the MAC, while App State falls to 2-4 overall and 0-1 in MAC play.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

In a very back and forth tight first quarter, both teams fired two shots but were unable to hit the back of the net. Leaving the score locked at 0-0 after the first 15 minutes
Towards the end of the second quarter, Miami worked the ball across the cage on a series of passes but was still unable to break the tie with App State. At the half, the RedHawks led the Mountaineers in shots 5-3 but trailed in penalty corners 2-1 after a scoreless opening 30 minutes.
The RedHawks came out firing early and often in the third quarter with four shots in the first seven minutes bringing their total to nine shots. Including a shot that was on target but just high by Paula Pena.
The last part of the third quarter saw Isabelle Perese making two key saves with just under three minutes left in the third quarter to keep the game scoreless at 0-0.
Morgan Sturm got the scoring started with 11:47 left in the fourth quarter off of a sound penalty corner as the RedHawks took a 1-0 advantage.
The RedHawks completely controlled the fourth quarter despite only tallying one goal off of nine shots compared to the Mountaineers zero. The final shot count saw Miami lead 18-6 and the RedHawks also led 6-3 in penalty corners.

UP NEXT:
Miami is back in action again on Sept 19. at 1 p.m. in Chapel Hill, NC against the University of North Carolina.