September 17, 2014

Field Hockey Wins 2-1 Nail-Biter in Virginia

Bridgewater, Va. After suffering unfortunate back-to-back overtime loses to Messiah and York, the Juniata Eagles got back on the right track by recording a road victory in a Battle of the Birds. The Bridgewater Eagles fell to 2-4 on the season.

Juniata

3-2

Bridgewater (Va.)

2-4

Final	1	2	T
Juniata (3-2)	1	1	2
Bridgewater (Va.) (2-4)	0	1	1

Scoring Summary

1st - 31:47 - Katie Alexander (Juniata)

2nd - 41:37 - Sarah Bilheimer (Juniata)

2nd - 62:45 - Elizabeth Washington (Bridgewater (Va.))

Game Leaders

Juniata

G: 2 Players (#3, #14) - 1

A: N/A

Sh: Katie Alexander - 5

Sv: Shelby Miller - 6

Bridgewater (Va.)

G: Elizabeth Washington - 1

A: Rachael Loy - 1

Sh: 2 Players (#4, #21) - 4

Sv: Amanda Harper - 6

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Juniata	Bridgewater (Va.)
Shots (on goal)	15 (9)	14 (11)
Saves	10	6
Fouls	0	0
Penalty Corners	8	8

Full stats

Dan Sherman

Asst. SID

Juniata College

814-641-3513

shermad@juniata.edu

Bridgewater, Va., After suffering unfortunate back-to-back overtime loses to Messiah and York, the Juniata Eagles got back on the right track by recording a road victory in a Battle of the Birds with a 2-1 win over Bridgewater Wednesday night. The Bridgewater Eagles fell to 2-4 on the season.

Senior Julianne Jones (Middleburg, Pa. / Midd-West) started in between the pipes for Juniata, making 4 saves in the first half. Two saves came on back-to-back Eagles corners 17 minutes into the contest. Both teams had plenty of chances to score in the first 35 minutes with Juniata and Bridgewater totaling 6 corners, 8 shots and 4 corners, 6 shots respectively.

Allison Groft (Hanover Pa. / South West) shot from the left side of the net and missed just wide right, but teammate Katie Alexander (Mifflinburg, Pa. / Mifflinburg) redirected the ball into cage before going out of bounds to end the scoring draught and give Juniata the lead in the final minutes of the first half. The Eagles added an insurance goal early in the second half when Sarah Bilheimer (Bethlehem, Pa. / Freedom) pushed to the left side of the net and scored. Groft, the team leader in assists would add another on the play.

Bridgewater made it interesting scoring a goal with eight minutes left in the match and nearly adding another before the end of regulation. The team called a timeout with one second left on the clock and the ensuing play resulted in a corner for Bridgewater. However, the Eagles were unable to capitalize on the final play of the game and Juniata came away with the win in a nail-biter finish.

Juniata moves to 3-2 on the season and will return home to take on the Aggies of Delaware Valley Saturday afternoon. The contest will be held in Knox Stadium with a 2 p.m. game time.