Box Score

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (October 14, 2008) -- The Vassar field hockey team held a 14-5 advantage in penalty corners over local rival SUNY New Paltz, but the visiting Hawks capitalized on their last attempt of the game, converting a penalty corner with 17 minutes to play en route to a 2-1 victory over the Brewers at Weinberg Field Wednesday night.

The Brewers, who outshot the Hawks 13-6, fall to 3-10 overall and have lost six straight games. The Hawks snapped a seven game losing streak and improve to 2-9 on the season. Vassar returns to action on Monday evening visiting Drew University at 7:00 p.m. New Paltz will host SUNY Cortland in its final SUNYAC game of the season on October 18.

The winning goal, by junior Kristen Bergmann (Massapequa Park, NY/Massapequa) came off a penalty corner that was initiated by senior Heather McCit (Sayville, NY/Connetquot). Her pass went to sophomore Sarah Schloss (Bryant Lake, NY/North Warren) who fed Bergmann in the crease for her second goal of the season.

New Paltz scored the game's first goal, as sophomore Jessie Moore (Walden, NY/Pine Bush) converted in a crowded crease off a Schloss assist. The Brewers were stymied in the first half despite firing off eight shots to the Hawks' five.

The Brewers were on the attack to start the second half, in particular junior Rachel Lowenthal (Bethesda, MD/Walter Johnson) who had two shots, one that was a pinpoint stop by Hawks junior goalie Elizabeth Tong (Woodstock, NY/Onteona Central) who registered six saves in the game, four of which came in the first half. Two of those stops came off shots from sophomore Jessica Lance (Enfield, CT/Enfield) who had goal socring chances at both the 10 and 5 minute mark that were successfully snuffed.

It was Lowenthal's stopped shot by Tong that deflected back to senior Emily Fare (Guilford, CT/Choate Rosemary), who was able to convert that rebound into a game tying 1-1 goal in the 42nd minute. For Fare, it was her third tally of the season.

Eight minutes later, after frenetic play at both ends, Bergmann got the game winner off Vassar senior goalie Taylor Herman (Flemington, NJ/Hunterdon Central), who had two saves in the game.