Box Score LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – The Lock Haven University field hockey team scored three second half goals and the Lady Eagles dropped Robert Morris 4-2 today in non-conference action.
Lydia George (Carlisle, Pa./Big Spring) scored the game-winner for Lock Haven (6-2) in the 57th minute and
Kelly Harsh's (Lancaster, Pa./Penn Manor) second goal of the match on a penalty stroke with less than three minutes remaining secured the win over RMU (5-3).
Taylor Kennedy (Westmont, N.J./Haddon Township) put Lock Haven up 1-0 just 5:19 into the game and The Haven held the one-goal advantage at halftime.
RMU tied the match at 1-1 early in the second half, but again LHU took the lead in the 45th minute on Harsh's first goal of the game.
Less than a minute later however, RMU made it 2-2.
Goerge knocked in a rebound in the 57th minute for the game-winner.
LHU goalie
Elaina White (Etters, Pa./Red Land) made four saves in the win.
LHU returns to action next Saturday (Sept. 28) at noon when the Lady Eagles host Rider.
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Game Notes:
- Today marked Lock Haven's only game of the week.
- Lock Haven went 2-1 last week.
- Following a mid-week loss to No. 13 Penn State (last week, 9/11), Lock Haven went on to beat Colgate and Siena.
- LHU's only two losses this year have come at the hands of nationally ranked opponents, including No. 1 North Carolina in the season opener and No. 13 Penn State, who upset defending national-champion Princeton on last Sunday.
Sunday's 5-0 shutout of Siena was the Lady Eagles third shutout of the season and their second, 5-0 blanking in four games.
- LHU entered today's game ranked sixth in Division I in shutouts-per-game.
- Goalie
Elaina White has been nothing short of spectacular and is one of the nation's leaders in goals-against-average with a mark of 1.32 and save-percentage (.827). She's currently ranked third in the nation in save-percentage.