LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – The Lock Haven field hockey team (2-3) and visiting Ball State (1-4) locked up in a Sunday-morning thriller at Charlotte Smith Field, but in the end, Ball State slipped by The Haven, 2-1, in a shootout.
 
After 60 minutes of regulation, the two teams remained deadlocked at 1-1. After two overtime periods and the extra 20 minutes, neither team found a winner, and the non-conference contest pushed on to the shootout.
 
Goalkeeper Kelsey Felix (Hallam, Pa./Eastern York) was fantastic for Lock Haven and Brooke Hofsass (Hershey, Pa./Lower Dauphin) scored the important goal in regulation for The Haven.
 
Late in the first quarter, Hofsass put the Bald Eagles up 1-0 when she converted a penalty stroke.
 
The Hofsass goal only highlighted an all-around outstanding effort from the Bald Eagle.
 
Felix finished the game with nine saves.
 
Ball State tied the game early in the second quarter on a penalty corner play. The match went up-and-down from there and both teams created prime scoring chances in the second half. Felix made one game-saving stop in extra time.
 
Alyssa Endrick (Warrington, Pa./Central Bucks South) and Deana Campbell (Southampton, Pa./Archbishop Wood) turned in notable efforts today for the Bald Eagles.
 
In the shootout, each team scored twice in the opening round of five as the shootout extended into a golden-goal round. Ball State converted the difference-maker in Round-6 off the stick of Rachel Bohn.
 
UP NEXT:
Lock Haven is set to open Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) play on Friday, Sept. 15 vs. La Salle. The game is scheduled for 3 p.m. at The Proving Grounds Sports Complex in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.