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No. 19 Field Hockey Falls at No. 17 St. Joe’s 2-1

Field Hockey Sep 08

PHILADELPHIA – No. 19 Rutgers field
hockey tied the score at 1-1 with
an Austyn Cuneo goal in the fourth
quarter, by No. 17 St. Joe's scored last to
take a 2-1 win over the visiting Scarlet
Knights.

KEY STATS

• Austyn Cuneo scored her fourth goal of the season leading the team. She also paces with 10
points.
• Tayla Parkes had the assist on the goal, her second of the season, a team high.
• Rutgers held a 13-12 advantage in shots, placing nine on goal in contrast to four for St. Joe's.
• Corners were even at 7-7.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Hawks tallied first, as the home team took the lead 12:35 into the game on a breakaway goal from
Jordan Olenginski. The score remained 1-0 through three quarters of action. In the opening minute of
the fourth quarter, the Scarlet Knights struck back. Tayla Parkes inserted a corner, and Austyn
Cuneo converted to even the score at 1-1. Five minutes later, St. Joe's answered back, as Kacie
Patton tipped in a goal to make the score 2-1. The Scarlet Knights pressed hard late looking to tie the
score. In the final three minutes of action, RU earned four corners and put five shots on net, but were
unable to level the score, giving St. Joe's the 2-1 victory.

QUOTABLE

"Today's loss was frustrating. We did not connect as a team and a very good St. Joe's team took full
advantage of that. We now have to prepare and be ready for a really tough game against Delaware
on Friday." - Head Coach Meredith Civico

UP NEXT

The Scarlet Knights return to action at home on Friday against No. 16 Delaware, their third
straight game against a ranked foe and fourth in five games to open the year.