Field hockey lose to No. 8 MSU
The field hockey team lost its fifth consecutive game, losing 2-0 to No. 8 Michigan State.
The Spartans jumped out to a one-goal lead when Floor Rijpma scored on a rebound just 3 minutes in. The score remained 1-0 going into halftime.
MSU’s Chantae Miller notched the game’s final goal in the second half.
Despite the loss, coach Cristy Freese said the team played the Spartans well.
“Michigan State is a very good team and, for us to be able to shut them down, was great,” Freese said. “Their penalty corners are their bread and butter, and our penalty corner defense was good. The other thing that they like to do is carry the ball low in the circle and pass it inside, and that’s how they scored their goals.”
Freese said Rijpma, who has 12 goals and 3 assists on the season, is one of the premier scorers nationally.
“They probably have one of the top ten scorers in the country and we did a good job defensively against them,” she said.
Despite the loss to MSU, Freese said she was proud of the team’s resilience.
“I was happy with the way we played today, especially after the game we had yesterday,” she said. “In the game yesterday, we had the attitude where, when Indiana scored, it brought us down, and that just can’t happen.”
Saturday vs. Indiana
The Hoosiers got on the board just 9 minutes, 22 seconds into the game on a goal from Haley Funk to go up 1-0. IU padded its lead with a goal by Katie Griswold late in the first half, putting the Hoosiers up 2-0 at intermission.
Indiana scored its third goal of the game just less than seven minutes into the second half as Morgan Fleetwood tipped Griswold’s shot into the cage. CMU’s Kelly Jordan spoiled Indiana’s shutout by scoring her sixth goal of the year in the 54th minute. The final score was 3-1.
