Upset bid falls short at State
The field hockey team lost its second game this season against a top ten ranked opponent 3-1 at No. 9 Michigan State Tuesday.
CMU also lost to then-No. 8 Michigan 2-0 Sept. 13.
Coach Cristy Freese was disappointed with the loss, but was content with her team’s effort.
“We played tough,” Freese said. “We did some good things on offense and defense. I was especially impressed with the play of senior Laura Glaza and junior Erin Dottery, they both worked really hard tonight. Whenever we play Michigan State it is usually a shootout, that didn’t happen tonight, which can be attributed to the solid defense that was played.”
CMU struck first when freshman Kelly Jordan scored at the 30:45 mark of the first half. Jordan’s goal was her fifth of the season, which puts her in a tie for second on the team.
MSU | 3
CMU | 1
The Spartans tied the game early in the second half when Inge Kaars Sijpestijn scored on a penalty corner.
MSU scored again to take a 2-1 lead on a tip-in by Breanna Harpstead.
Kaars Sijpestijn put the game away five minutes later with a goal off of a penalty corner.
“Our effort was there, we just have to play more consistently on offense,” Glaza said. “We need to learn from this game and make some adjustments this week in practice before we play our Mid-American Conference games this weekend.”
CMU was outshot 19-7 in the game and 11-3 in the second half.
Junior goaltender Danielle Frank recorded four saves in the loss.
Tuesday’s game is the first of two games against MSU this season. Tuesday’s loss ended Central’s three-game winning streak.
CMU received two votes in this week’s National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division I National Coaches Poll. This is the second consecutive week CMU has received votes for the Top 20.
