Northwestern University Athletics
Northwestern
Richmond
Field Hockey Defeats Richmond, 3-1
9/10/2000 12:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
Sept. 10, 2000
EVANSTON, Ill. -
Northwestern @ Richmond
Sunday, Sept. 10, 2000
Richmond, Va.
SCORING:
1st HALF: NU Nicole Smith (unassisted, 24:00), NU Diane Provencher (Lindsey Millard/Colleen Hotz, :20:27), NU Millard (unassisted, :14)
2nd HALF: UR Holly Chase (Lauren Duffy, 5:34)
SHOTS ON GOAL: NU 9, UR 17
PENALTY CORNERS: NU 4, UR 16
CARDS ISSUED: NU #3 (green)
GOALIE SAVWES: NU 8 (Jessica Yates),
UR 2 (Brooke Fuller)
UPDATED RECORDS:
Northwestern, 2-3-0 - 0-0-0 Big Ten
Richmond, 2-4-0 - 0-0-0
SUMMARY - The Northwestern field hockey team broke a two-game losing skid as they defeated their host Richmond 3-1 on Sunday afternoon. With the win, the Wildcats improve their record to 2-3 as Richmond falls to 2-4.
Nicole Smith (Warnbro, Western Australia/Como Senior) scored her second goal of the young season as she converted her penalty stroke with 24:00 to go in the first half. Northwestern would never trail in the game. Less than four minutes later, NU added an insurance goal off a corner play as Diane Provencher (North Conway, N.H./Kennett) fired a shot into the cage for the second Wildcat goal of the afternoon. Lindsay Millard (St. Louis, Mo./Mary Institute CD) closed out the Wildcat scoring as she knocked home an indirect corner.
Richmond scored with 5:34 remaining in the game as Holly Chase, assisted by Lauren Duffy, converted on a corner play for the only Spider goal of the afternoon.
NEXT MATCH: Sept. 15 2000 vs. Villanova * Evanston, Ill - 3 p.m.
