No. 9 Field Hockey Closes Out Season With 5-0 Loss To No. 4 Bloomsburg
Box Score BROOKVILLE, N.Y. (Oct. 19, 2012) – Brooke Simonovich scored a game-high two goals to help lead No. 6 Bloomsburg University to a 5-0 win over No. 9 LIU Post in a Friday afternoon PSAC East field hockey contest on Hickox Field.
Bloomsburg improves to 14-4 overall and 8-2 in the PSAC East. LIU Post ends its season with a 7-10 overall record and 3-7 mark in conference play.
The teams were scoreless through the first 15 minutes until the Huskies scored their first goal in the 16th minute when Jenna DiSabatino corralled the ball out of a scramble and shot it into the left corner of the cage. Simonovich tallied the team's second goal less than 10 minutes later with a tip in shot off a long, hard shot from teammate Amber Aulenbach at 25:47.
LIU Post's big scoring chance in the first came when a penalty stroke was awarded in the 20th minute but freshman
Keliann Margiotta's (Sewell, N.J.) shot was saved by goalkeeper, Megan Eppley. Bloomsburg led 2-0 at the half.
The Huskies added three more goals in the second half that included a penalty stroke from Aulenbach in the 42nd minute.
Bloomsburg outshot LIU Post by a 17-8 clip while the Pioneers held a 7-6 edge in penalty corners.