DURHAM, N.C. - Old Dominion field hockey fell 2-0 to No.8 Duke on Sunday afternoon.
The Blue Devils (11-5, 4-3 ACC) opened the match with a penalty corner from Ashley Stockdale which went wide. That was followed by another penalty corner by Alania McVeigh who connected with Julia Boehringer which was saved by Monarchs (7-9, 4-2 BIG EAST) goalkeeper Suus Broers. Less than a minute later, McVeigh was able to make it around Broers and put one on the board for Duke in just over five minutes. Another Duke penalty corner by McVeigh went wide to end the first quarter.
McVeigh opened the second quarter with a penalty corner and was able to score the second goal of the game in the first five minutes. Cosima Perleth passed in the first Monarch penalty corner to Serena Langendoen which was blocked by the Blue Devil defense. Duke’s Kyle Massey sent a shot wide,and Broers then saved another shot by Brynn Crouse. A wide shot by McVeigh sent the game into the halftime break.
In the third, Crouse took a shot which the Monarch defense was able to block. This was followed by a Duke penalty corner by Maggie Kondrath who connected with Macy Szukics for the shot which was saved by Broers. A set of three penalty corners by Kondrath each had a series of shots which were saved and blocked by the Monarch defense to end the third quarter.
In the final quarter of the game McVeigh opened with a penalty corner to Boehringer which went wide, and McVeigh followed with a shot to be saved by Broers. A foul resulted in a penalty stroke for Duke’s McVeigh which was saved by Broers. A shot by ODU’s Katie Bates went wide, followed by a shot by Duke’s McVeigh which was also off target. Two more Blue Devil shots by Madison Beach and Stockdale went wide and blocked by the Monarch defense to end the game 2-0 for the Blue Devils.
“This wasn’t our best performance today.
Our goal was to come in and win the game. And if we want to win these challenging games then two things must happen: mentally, we must play tougher; and physically, we must be stronger on the ball, and stronger with defending our circle.
Duke has talented and athletic players so we needed to raise our level. We didn’t show enough toughness in the first half, and I think throughout the game we didn’t play strongly with the ball and we got stripped and lost possession too many times”. Said Head Coach Andrew Griffiths
“If there is a positive to take away from the game, it is that Suus was outstanding in goal, and also that this will wake us up and prepare us for our final regular season game on Friday”. Added Coach Griffiths
The Monarchs were outshot by the Blue Devils 24-2 and followed in corners 9-1.
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The Monarchs host BIG EAST Conference foe Georgetown for a 2 p.m. game on Halloween at the L.R. Hill Sports Complex. The game will celebrate Senior Day prior to the 2 p.m. start.