BOX SCORE

West Long Branch, N.J. -- The Longwood University field hockey team dropped a 2-1 decision this afternoon to Division I Monmouth at Monmouth Field.  The Lancers falls to 3-6 for the season while the Hawks improves to 2-6. 

Monmouth jumped out to a lead midway through the first half as Susan Ganghamer tallied a goal on an assist from Jess Miller with 17:18 remaining in the period.  Longwood answered four minutes later when junior  Lorrie Watts (Fredericksburg, Va./Stafford), deflected a pass from Shannon Ratte into the back of the cage to even the score at 1-1 with less than 14 minutes remaining in the half. 

Both teams battled during the second stanza for the victory, but the Hawk’s Kristen Hulmes scored off of a pass from Katie Niemczyk to give Monmouth a 2-1 advantage. 

“It was a pretty even game, “ stated head coach Nancy Joel after the loss.  “We are disappointed that we couldn’t pull it out.  We had one or two shots that we should have gotten of, but it was good to see Lorrie have another good performance as well as Julie Patterson (Esmont, Va./Monticello) and Marina Sizow (Virginia Beach, Va./Kempsville).”

Patterson racked up 14 saves for the Lancers while Monmouth’s Carrie Colbert was credited with four.  Watts, along with sophomore Sarah Hitchings (Virginia Beach, Va./Kempsville) led Longwood with two shots, followed by Sizow, senior Erin Sixsmith (Alexandria, Va./West Potomac) and freshman Katy Lernihan (Fredericksburg, Va./Chancellor) with one each.

Up next, the Lancers travel to Pennsylvania Sept. 27 to take on Philadelphia University at 12 pm, then face Lehigh Sept. 28 at 1 pm.

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