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THE BASICS
Score: Rutgers 2, Ohio 1
Records: Ohio (5-5), Rutgers (6-5)
Location: East Lansing, Mich. (Ralph Young Field)
Short Story: The Ohio field hockey team (5-5) suffered a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Rutgers (6-5) on Sunday (Oct. 4) in a neutral-site contest at Michigan State's Ralph Young Field in East Lansing, Mich.
HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Bobcats fell despite edging the Scarlet Knights in shots (10-6) and penalty corners (6-3).
• Rutgers took a 1-0 lead into halftime when junior midfielder/forward Rachel Yaney scored her sixth goal of the season in the 17th minute. Freshman midfielder Linde Van Schaik provided her second assist of the year.
• Ohio had its chances to get on the scoreboard in the opening 35 minutes of play, but Rutgers junior goalkeeper Shevaun Hayes turned back shots by senior Clarissa Leickly (Gahanna, Ohio) in the eighth minute, freshman Kendall Ballard (Charlottesville, Va.) in the 24th minute and junior Hannah Kingsbury (Louisville, Ky.) in the 30th minute.
• The Scarlet Knights extended their advantage to 2-0 in the 61st minute as sophomore forward Jade Dixon found the back of the cage for the second time this year on a hard shot in front of the net.
• The Bobcats got on the scoreboard in the 69th minute when senior Adele Sammons (Upminster, England) took a feed from Kingsbury and ripped a hard shot from the top of the circle to make it a 2-1 contest. Sammons tallied her fourth goal of the season while Kingsbury chipped in her fourth helper of the year.
• Sophomore Elena Curley (Louisville, Ky.) led the match with three shots. Her season total is now up to a 20, which ranks third on the squad.
• Sammons, Leickly and Kingsbury each two shots and one shot on goal. Sammons now ranks second on the team in goals, shots (25) and shots on goal (15). Leickly leads the team with 26 shots -- including a team-high 17 shots on goal. Kingsbury has totaled 11 shots this year, with six coming on goal.
• Redshirt junior goalkeeper Lina Trucco (Lake Bluff, Ill.) made one save in 70 minutes of action, bringing her season total to 41 stops.
• Hayes totaled a match-high three saves in 70 minutes for Rutgers, upping her season total to 54.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
• The loss snapped a two-match winning streak for Ohio.
• The Bobcats are now 1-2 (.333) all-time against the Scarlet Knights.
• The Green & White's 24 goals through 10 matches in 2015 has already surpassed their entire 17-match total in '14.
• Sammons has recorded 11 career goals. Her career shots total now stands at 80, with 43 coming on goal.
• Leickly has now posted 38 career shots -- including 23 on goal.
• Curley has now recorded 32 career shots.
• Kingsbury's career shots total is now at 16, with eight coming on goal.
• Trucco's career saves total is now up to 50.
QUOTABLE
"We outplayed them for a vast majority of the game. If you look at the stat sheet, we outshot them. We held a team that has one of the highest outputs in the country in terms of scoring to only two goals. We did a good job with the general game plan, but when it came to actually finishing and combining in our attacking end to make the most of the opportunities we had, we fell short." - 11th-year head coach Neil Macmillan on coming up short on opportunities to win
"From the point of view from our defense, our defense is outstanding. In terms of limiting them, we restricted their opportunities. We had a good game plan going in, and, for the most part, executed it. They (Rutgers) had two fast break-style opportunities that led to goals. We didn't defend on those two instances as well as we had for the majority of the rest of the game. They took their chances, and we failed to take ours. We had great opportunities around the edge of the D. Things that don't show up on the stat sheet where we had possession. We were numbers up going into their defense. We just didn't do a good job of finishing what we needed to there." - Macmillan on team's defensive effort
UP NEXT
Ohio wraps up its current road swing by visiting Springfield, Mo., to square off against MAC foe Missouri State next Friday (Oct. 9) at 5 p.m. ET. The Bobcats then return home to the friendly confines of Pruitt Field to face Michigan State on Sunday (Oct. 11) at 1 p.m. ET.
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