Box Score IMMACULATA, Pa.- On Senior Day at Draper Walsh Stadium, the Immaculata field hockey team hosted Neumann (8-8, 2-3 CSAC) on Wednesday afternoon and scored the first goal of the game, but the Knights responded with four straight and went on to top the Mighty Macs (0-15, 0-4 CSAC) by a score of 5-2.
Before the start of the game, the Immaculata field hockey program honored
Gina Rucci and
Patsy Murphy in their final home contest of their careers.
Sophomore
Nicole Dominick scored her second goal of the season and sophomore
Megan Donegan netted her third of the season, and junior goalie
Sarah Pasternak had eight saves in goal. As a team, the Macs had 18 shots.
To get the scoring started, Dominick carried the ball in from the right side and took the tough angle shot that got through the goalie's legs for the first goal of the game in the fifth minute.
However, the Knights would add goals in the 13th, 18th, and 20th minutes to take a 3-1 lead into halftime.
Neumann would get one in the 54th minute to extend their lead to 4-1, but the Macs would respond with a goal to make it 4-2. Donegan would get in close and her first attempt was stopped, but she wasn't going to be denied as she knocked in the rebound to cut the deficit to two. IU would keep the pressure, but Neumann countered with one more in the 68th minute to get to the final of 5-2.
The Macs will be back in action on Saturday at Cabrini at 12 p.m.