WEST HAVEN, Conn. — New Haven Field Hockey (2-13, 1-5) lost 6-0 to Quinnipiac (10-4, 5-1) on Friday at home, as the Chargers were held to five shots, including two on goal, while facing 20 shots and 13 on goal.
Cara Lambert (Sutton, Mass./Sutton Memorial) made six saves in 60 minutes in goal for New Haven.
Jalia Cooper (Millville, N.J./Saint Joseph Academy) finished with a team-high two shots, including one on goal, and
Kristen MacAuley (York, Maine/York) added one defensive save.
Quinnipiac produced the first recorded chance of the first quarter when Ava Bleier had a shot blocked at 6:17, then Martina Calveira sent an attempt wide at 10:23. After a penalty corner by Charlie Caunter at 12:46, another Bleier shot was blocked before Katie Shanahan converted a penalty stroke at 13:03 to put Quinnipiac ahead 1-0.
Lambert made a save on Bleier at 13:47, and the Chargers reached the end of the quarter trailing 1-0.
Caunter put early pressure on the Blue & Gold by hitting the post at 16:59, and Quinnipiac later converted when Caunter scored off a Jule Hoefer assist at 23:24 to make it 2-0. The Chargers answered with a penalty corner from
Abbie Volfman (Clarksburg, Md./Clarksburg) at 24:18, leading to a Cooper shot that Meike van Schoot saved eight seconds later.
New Haven did not find a goal before the quarter ended with Quinnipiac ahead 2-0. The Chargers trailed 2-0 at halftime.
Quinnipiac created the first scoring pressure of the third quarter with two penalty corners, sending one shot wide before Shanahan scored at 33:19 to make it 3-0. The visitors earned another corner less than 30 seconds later, and Maaike van Wensen scored at 33:51 off a Shanahan assist to push the margin to 4-0.
The Chargers generated an
Emma Hulslander (Groton, Mass.) blocked shot and Volfman penalty corner at 34:54, while Lambert added saves at 39:14 and 42:22.
Taylor Amstutz (Ocean City, N.J./Ocean City) put a late shot on goal that van Schoot stopped, leaving the score 4-0 at the end of the quarter.
The Chargers handled early Quinnipiac chances in the fourth quarter, with MacAuley making a defensive save on Bleier at 46:57 and Lambert stopping shots by Calveira and Maddie Lathrop less than two minutes later. After Volfman penalty corner for the Blue & Gold at 49:48, Julia Lutz scored for Quinnipiac at 49:50 to make it 5-0, and
Lauren Schoonmaker (High Falls, N.Y.) had a shot blocked four seconds later.
Calveira added another Quinnipiac goal at 50:30 to push the score to 6-0, and Lambert saved Bleier's attempt at 51:13. Lauren Keyte sent a late shot wide at 59:10 before the Chargers earned an
Ali Kowalski (Metuchen, N.J.) penalty corner at 59:55 and had Cooper's shot blocked at 60:00 as Quinnipiac closed out the 6-0 win.
New Haven will host Maryville University on Sunday, Oct. 25, at noon at Ralph F. DellaCamera Stadium in West Haven, Conn.
