Field Hockey Drops 4-1 Decision Against Holy Cross

Sunday, October 15

1 pm

Brown University

(1-12)

Holy Cross

(6-8)

Team	1	2	Final F
Holy Cross	2	2	4
Brown	0	1	1

Field Hockey Drops 4-1 Decision Against Holy Cross

10/15/2017 12:00:00 AM | Field Hockey

Box Score

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Brown field hockey team was defeated by Holy Cross, 4-1, in a non-conference game at Goldberger Family Field on Sunday afternoon. Maureen Connolly and Emily Loprete paced the Crusaders offensively, with Connolly recording two goals and two assists and Loprete registering two goals and one assist. Junior Rachel Lanouette's (Windham, N.H.) put in the Bears' goal in the contest on a penalty corner.

Connolly gave Holy Cross and 2-0 lead at the break with tallies at 11:10 and 19:12 in the opening period. The Bears generated 13 shots to the Crusaders' 11 but were unable to put anything in the back of the cage. Brown also had a slight 5-4 edge in penalty corners for the half.

Loprete started the second half scoring at 41:08 and gave Holy Cross a three goal advantage. Lanouette generated some momentum for the Bears when she fired in her fifth goal of the season on a penalty corner to pull them to within two (3-1). Junior Maddie Ayles (Westwood, Mass.) and sophomore Gina Openshaw (Annapolis, Md.) combined on the assist.

Holy Cross (6-8) closed the door on a comeback at 62:59 when Loprete added her second of the day on a diving shot.

The Bears (1-12) again outshot the Crusaders in the second, 4-3, while each team had just one corner in the half.

Junior Katie Hammaker (Ephrata, Pa.) finished the game with three saves, all in the first half, while Marcia LaPlante made seven stops for the visitors.

The match served as the Bears' Vs. Cancer game as Brown has partnered with Vs. Cancer the entire year to raise awareness and funds for childhood cancer. In partnership with Vs. Cancer, fifty percent of the money raised will fund national brain tumor research efforts through the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation, while the other half goes directly to the pediatric oncology unit at Hasbro Children's Hospital. Fans can make a donation to the team's fundraising efforts by clicking here.

The Bears will next travel to Cornell on Saturday, Oct. 21 for an Ivy League contest starting at 11:30 a.m. and will then compete at Colgate on Sunday, Oct. 22 for a 12:00 p.m. game.

Video of all Brown field hockey home contests and all Ivy League games, home and away, will be broadcast live on the Ivy League Network.