The University of Maine field hockey team saw their bad luck continue over the last week, dropping two more contests to No. 10 Stanford University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The Black Bears slip to 1-3 on the season and will return to action in Binghamton, Vermont next week for a pair of games beginning Sept. 13 against Harvard University.
Black Bears Blanked by Stanford
The Black Bears team fell to 1-2 after losing a tightly contested game 1-0 at No. 12 Stanford University Thursday afternoon.
The Black Bears scored eight goals in their last two contests but were held to just four shots in the 70 minutes of regulation play. Stanford controlled the game by getting off 12 shots and out numbering UMaine in penalty corners 7-2.
The game-winner was scored by junior midfielder Clemence Couteau, her first goal of the season and her fourth game-winner of her collegiate career on a reverse-stick goal from 10 yards out.
The strong fight put up by the Black Bears was spearheaded by sophomore netminder Emma Cochran. Cochran had a solid outing, registering six saves on seven shots but did not get any help from her offense.
The UMaine defense played well against a powerhouse Stanford offense but was unable to convert on offense. They were shut down by junior goalkeeper Dulchie Davies who recorded her second shutout of the young season, recording four saves. Davies was just as clutch as Cochran, saving three shots from the Black Bears in the final 15 minutes to seal the win for the Cardinals.
Svetek Leads Late Rush in OT Loss
UMass Amherst hosted UMaine Saturday for an overtime thriller that resulted in a 3-2 Black Bears loss. UMass junior midfielder Brooke Sabia led the way for the Minutemen.
UMass looked to be in control going into halftime thanks to an early goal from junior midfielder Brooke Sabia before UMaine junior midfielder Nicole Sevey scored her first goal of the year to send the game into halftime tied at one goal apiece.
Sabia scored again at 59:24 to take the lead back for the Minutemen, 2-1 but before the game could end, UMaine junior forward Cassidy Svetek scored off of an assist from junior forward Danielle Aviani for the Black Bears on an odd-player rush to force overtime. The goal was Svetek’s seventh point of the season and Aviani’s fifth, good enough for first and second on the team, respectively.
The Minutemen delivered the final blow in overtime when freshman midfielder Sarah Hawkshaw centered a pass to freshman defenseman Melanie Kreusch for the game-winner just under four minutes into overtime.
UMaine redshirt freshman goalkeeper Emily Corbett fell to 1-2 on the season, saving two of the five shots she was tasked with. On the other side of the field, junior goalkeeper Sam Carlino turned aside four of six UMaine shots to pick up her first victory of the season.