Field Hockey

Immaculata Comeback Fall Short In 3-2 Defeat

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GLENSIDE, Pa.- The Immaculata field hockey team (2-5) fell behind 3-0 early in a road non-conference contest at Arcadia (5-2), but they battled back with second half goals from junior Patsy Murphy and senior Ashley O'Donnell, however they were unable to complete the comeback and fell 3-2.
 
In the defeat, sophomore goalie Christine McIntyre set a new career-high with 12 saves in net in her first start of the season in the first half, while sophomore goalie Sarah Pasternak logged 11 saves in the second half.
 
Arcadia started fast with goals in the 16th minute and 23rd minute to take a 2-0 lead into halftime.
 
In the second half, the Knights extended their lead to 3-0 less than a minute in.
 
The Mighty Macs then took advantage of their opportunities in the closing half.  Junior Patsy Murphy scored her first goal of the season in the 50th minute to make it 3-1.  Murphy led the team a season ago with 11 goals.
 
Immaculata wasn't done yet as O'Donnell scored her seventh goal of the season on a shot from right of the circle past a diving goalie to make it 3-2 with just over three minutes left in the game.  It was O'Donnell's sixth goal in her last two games after a five-goal outburst on Saturday.
 
The Mighty Macs ran out of time on their comeback and dropped the one goal decision.
 
Immaculata will play another non-conference contest on Saturday when they host Bryn Mawr at 1 p.m.
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