JMU Edges Richmond

Friday, September 28

Harrisonburg, Va.

5 p.m.

James Madison University

(3-5)

Richmond

(3-8)

Richmond

James Madison

9/28/2018 8:16:00 PM | Field Hockey

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HARRISONBURG, Va. – James Madison field hockey edged in-state rival Richmond 4-3 on Friday night at the JMU Field Hockey Complex. The Dukes scored three goals in the second half to overcome a 2-1 halftime deficit.

James Madison (3-5) outshot the Spiders (3-8) in the first half 9-6 but got past the Richmond goalie three times in the closing half as Emily Braunwell ended the second half with no saves. Caitlin Nelson made nine saves with seven coming in the second half to keep the Dukes ahead 4-3.

HOW THEY SCORED
JMU
9:04 | Corey Mayer tallied her first goal of the game by bringing the goalie out of the cage and knocking it across the circle
37:04 | Rachel Yeager notched her first career goal, coming off a corner redirect to tie the game at two
38:49 | Emilly Schutt recorded her first goal of the season, off a Dukes corner that she redirected into the goal to put JMU up 3-2
66:40 | Mayer knocked in the game-winning goal with a steal and a cross from Elfi de Rooij
Richmond
3:39 | Richmond struck early with Elise Zwickbauer dishing the ball across the goal where Addie Nash knocked it in
15:34 | Cadera Smith successfully converted a penalty stroke to give Richmond a 2-1 lead
59:24 | Steffie Bongers redirected a corner from Olivia Hubert to tie the game at three goals

GAME NOTES

Mayer tallied her third multi-goal game of her career - scoring twice vs. Richmond on two occasions and two goals vs.Drexel last fall
Yeager registered her first collegiate goal
Nelson made nine saves with one being a penalty stroke that was taken in the second half
Lindsay Gippe recorded her first collegiate defensive save
Nelson completed her fourth complete game of the season in net
Schutt notched her second collegiate goal on her redirect

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING
Coach Morgan: "I think we learned we need to play with more consistency. We fought through, it was a hard-fought game, but we fought.

Coach Morgan on Penn State coming up: "Penn State is a great team and against those Top-10 teams, we up our level. I'm excited about the opportunity. We are growing with every opportunity."

UP NEXT
The Dukes will travel to University Park, Pa., to take on #7 Penn State on Sunday, Sept. 30. Game time is set for noon.