ERIE, Pa. — New Haven field hockey (2-13, 1-6) dropped a 3-1 road decision to Mercyhurst (4-11, 2-5) on Sunday, despite finishing with a 15-9 shot advantage and an 8-7 edge in shots on goal.
Emma Beaujouan (Concord, N.H./Concord) scored for the Chargers, who were held scoreless over the final two quarters.
Beaujouan finished with one goal and one shot on goal, while
Liz Trentmann (Amsterdam, Netherlands) added one assist and one shot on goal.
Jalia Cooper (Millville, N.J./Saint Joseph Academy) recorded a team-high five shots and two shots on goal,
Lauren Schoonmaker (High Falls, N.Y.) added four shots and a team-high three shots on goal and
Riley Schoonmaker (High Falls, N.Y./Rondout Valley) had one defensive save.
The Blue & Gold generated the first pressure with penalty corners at :48 and :56, and Victoria Campana saved
Lauren Schoonmaker's (High Falls, N.Y.) shot between them at :55. Mercyhurst's Rachel Kosowski sent a shot wide at 4:16, and the Chargers came back with another corner at 8:27 that led to a second
Lauren Schoonmaker (High Falls, N.Y.) shot saved by Campana at 8:34. Kosowski scored at 12:30 to give Mercyhurst a 1-0 lead, and after a late Mercyhurst corner produced a blocked Hailey Hatfield shot, New Haven finished the first quarter trailing 1-0.
Mercyhurst struck early in the second quarter, with Marielly Mojica-Carpenter scoring off Ella Bressi's assist at 15:53 to make it 2-0. The Chargers answered from a penalty-corner sequence, as
Abbie Volfman (Clarksburg, Md./Clarksburg) inserted at 19:14 and Beaujouan scored six seconds later off Trentmann's assist to cut the margin to 2-1.
The Blue & Gold generated two more looks, including a
Lauren Schoonmaker (High Falls, N.Y.) shot saved by Campana and a Cooper attempt that went wide, before Mercyhurst converted a penalty corner through Hatfield from Finja Wunner at 25:36.
Cara Lambert (Sutton, Mass./Sutton Memorial) made a save on Alyssa Laubach later in the quarter, and Mercyhurst carried a 3-1 lead into halftime.
Mercyhurst created the first pressure of the third quarter, earning a penalty corner before Lambert saved a Hatfield shot and
Riley Schoonmaker (High Falls, N.Y./Rondout Valley) made a defensive save on another Hatfield attempt at 31:20. The Chargers countered with consecutive penalty corners, as Cooper had a shot blocked at 32:58 and Volfman sent an attempt wide at 33:15. The quarter remained scoreless from there, with the Blue & Gold taking a late green card on Volfman at 42:55 before entering the fourth trailing 3-1.
After an early Chargers penalty corner, Mercyhurst earned one at 48:56 and Lambert saved Hatfield's shot at 49:04. The Blue & Gold answered with sustained pressure, as Cooper had a shot saved at 50:38 before
Lauren Schoonmaker (High Falls, N.Y.) was blocked,
Emma Hulslander (Groton, Mass.) was denied, Trentmann had an attempt stopped by a Kylie Wood defensive save and Cooper forced another save during a two-corner sequence.
The Chargers kept pushing late with penalty corners at 55:21, 56:35 and 57:56, but shots from Hulslander, Volfman and Cooper went wide as the scoreless fourth quarter ended with Mercyhurst taking the game 3-1.
New Haven will host Quinnipiac University on Friday, Oct. 23 at noon at Ralph F. DellaCamera Stadium in West Haven, Connecticut.
