Northwestern
Louisville
Field Hockey Loses to Louisville, 2-0
9/17/2000 12:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
Sept. 17, 2000
EVANSTON, Ill. - The Northwestern field hockey team lost its second game of the weekend as the fell to the University of Louisville by a score of 2-0.
The loss drops NU to 2-5 on the season as they now prepare for their first conference game of the year against Michigan State. They defeated MSU earlier in the season, 2-1 in overtime, in a nonconference affair.
Stacy Spenser (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer) and Nicole Smith (Warnbro Western Australia.Como Senior) led the WIldcats in shots on goal with two apiece. Northwestern outshot Louisville 7-5 in the game.
Elisa Eshelman started the scoring for Louisville with 22 minutes remaining in the first half. She took a pass form Keri Beckman and fired a shot passed the outstretched hands of Jessica Yates (Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest). Nine minutes later Allison Barkley broke away and shot from the top of the circle to make it 2-0 in favor of the Cardinals.
NEXT MATCH: Sept. 22 2000 vs. Michigan State * Evanston, Ill - 3 p.m.
Northwestern vs. Louisville
SCORING:
1st half: UL Elisa Eshelman (Keri Beckman, 22:13), UL Allison Barkely (unassisted, 13:13)
2nd half: None
SHOTS ON GOAL: NU 7, UL 5
PENALTY CORNERS: NU 5, UL 6
CARDS ISSUED: None
GOALIE SAVES
NU 3 (Jessica Yates)
UL 7 (Meghan Helwig)
UPDATED RECORDS:
Northwestern, 2-5-0 - 0-0-0 Big Ten
Louisville, 4-2-0 - 0-0-0 MAC
