Friday, September 8
Evanston, Ill.
1 p.m.
Northwestern
(3-3)
9
vs
1
Temple
(0-4)
1
2
F
Temple
0
1
1
Northwestern
5
4
9
Team Stats
TU
NU
Goals
1
9
Shots
5
22
Shots on Goal
3
16
Saves
7
2
Corners
1
10
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
0
0
Scoring Plays
de Breij, Saar (1)
Assisted By: Pentenga, Puck
tipped in off corner
1:58
Pentenga, Puck (2)
entered circle at top, shot to far post
17:58
de Breij, Saar (2)
Assisted By: Barry, Lakin
alone in front off endline feed from 1
20:12
Mansfield, Kirsten (2)
Assisted By: Pentenga, Puck
off penalty corner
27:57
Curley, Elena (1)
Assisted By: Miller, Sophia , Mansfield, Kirsten
off penalty corner
33:37
MUELLER, Rachael (2)
rebound following corner
38:08
Hootstein, Erica (1)
41:21
Wood, Kaitlin (1)
Assisted By: Keegan, Mackenzie
rebound off corner
61:42
Keegan, Mackenzie (2)
62:24
Williamson, Whitney (1)
Assisted By: Wood, Kaitlin
deflected in off pass from top circle
68:22
Game Leaders
Players
Shots
2
SOG
2
Goals
2
Assists
0
Shots
4
SOG
3
Goals
1
Assists
2
Shots
3
SOG
3
Goals
1
Assists
1
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
1
Assists
1
Players Mentioned
F/M
/ Field Hockey
M
/ Field HockeyM/F
/ Field Hockey
B/M
/ Field Hockey
GK
/ Field Hockey
GK
/ Field HockeyF/M
/ Field Hockey
B
/ Field Hockey
GK
/ Field HockeyM
/ Field Hockey
F
/ Field HockeyB/M
/ Field HockeyNo. 14 Northwestern Dismantles Temple, 9-1
9/8/2017 3:21:00 PM | Field Hockey
Pentenga posts a goal and two assists
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Eight different Wildcats scored as No. 14 Northwestern opened its 2017 home schedule in style Friday afternoon with a resounding 9-1 win over Temple at Lakeside Field.
Saar de Breij was the lone NU player to score multiple goals as she tallied two in the opening half for Northwestern (3-3). The goal total was NU's highest since a 9-3 victory over Dartmouth on Sept. 5, 2014 and largest margin of victory since an 8-0 win at Central Michigan Oct. 23 of last season.
The 'Cats jumped right on the Owls with de Breij scoring on a deflection off Puck Pentenga's hit from the top of the circle off a penalty corner at 1:58. NU maintained the one-goal lead until Pentenga scored her second of the year at 17:58, entering the from the top of the circle before firing a rocket past Maddie Lilliock.
The floodgates opened from there. de Breij notched her second goal of the match at 20:12 as Lakin Barry made a terrific end line move and found de Breij all alone at the goal line for the tap in.
The advantage grew to four at 27:57 when NU tallied its second goal off a corner as Kirsten Mansfield tapped home a feed from Pentenga. The third goal off a set piece came with just 1:23 left in the opening half when Elena Curley blasted a shot home off a corner that gave the hosts a 5-0 lead at halftime.
Temple would get a goal back just over three minutes into the second stanza when Rachael Mueller was able to loft a shot under the crossbar.
However, the rest of the match belonged to Northwestern with three Wildcats scoring their first collegiate goal. NU was awarded a penalty stroke at 41:21 and Erica Hootstein converted for her first score as a Wildcat to make it 6-1.
The 'Cats scored off yet another corner at 61:42 when Kaitlin Wood knocked in an unassisted goal before Mackenzie Keegan put home a second penalty stroke goal for her second score of the year a little under a minute later.
Whitney Williamson finished off the scoring at 68:22 with her first goal at Northwestern, completing a great re-direct off a sweet feed from Wood.
All three of NU's goalkeepers saw playing time with Annie Kalfas earning the win thanks to a scoreless opening half. Florien Marcussen and Caroline Hughes – who made her Northwestern debut – also saw time in goal.
The Wildcats return to action at 12:30 p.m. Sunday when they host Kent State at Lakeside Field.
Saar de Breij was the lone NU player to score multiple goals as she tallied two in the opening half for Northwestern (3-3). The goal total was NU's highest since a 9-3 victory over Dartmouth on Sept. 5, 2014 and largest margin of victory since an 8-0 win at Central Michigan Oct. 23 of last season.
The 'Cats jumped right on the Owls with de Breij scoring on a deflection off Puck Pentenga's hit from the top of the circle off a penalty corner at 1:58. NU maintained the one-goal lead until Pentenga scored her second of the year at 17:58, entering the from the top of the circle before firing a rocket past Maddie Lilliock.
The floodgates opened from there. de Breij notched her second goal of the match at 20:12 as Lakin Barry made a terrific end line move and found de Breij all alone at the goal line for the tap in.
The advantage grew to four at 27:57 when NU tallied its second goal off a corner as Kirsten Mansfield tapped home a feed from Pentenga. The third goal off a set piece came with just 1:23 left in the opening half when Elena Curley blasted a shot home off a corner that gave the hosts a 5-0 lead at halftime.
Temple would get a goal back just over three minutes into the second stanza when Rachael Mueller was able to loft a shot under the crossbar.
However, the rest of the match belonged to Northwestern with three Wildcats scoring their first collegiate goal. NU was awarded a penalty stroke at 41:21 and Erica Hootstein converted for her first score as a Wildcat to make it 6-1.
The 'Cats scored off yet another corner at 61:42 when Kaitlin Wood knocked in an unassisted goal before Mackenzie Keegan put home a second penalty stroke goal for her second score of the year a little under a minute later.
Whitney Williamson finished off the scoring at 68:22 with her first goal at Northwestern, completing a great re-direct off a sweet feed from Wood.
All three of NU's goalkeepers saw playing time with Annie Kalfas earning the win thanks to a scoreless opening half. Florien Marcussen and Caroline Hughes – who made her Northwestern debut – also saw time in goal.
The Wildcats return to action at 12:30 p.m. Sunday when they host Kent State at Lakeside Field.
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