Box Score

IMMACULATA, Pa.- The Immaculata field hockey team (0-7) put forth a great effort on Saturday afternoon at Draper Walsh Stadium, scoring the first goal and coming back from a 3-1 deficit late in the second half, but their attempt came up a little short against King's College (5-3) as they fell, 3-2.
 
Sophomore Megan Donegan had a big day with the third goal of her career, and first of the season, and the first assist of her career.  Senior Patsy Murphy added a goal, and senior Meredith Katona got the first point of her career on an assist.
 
In goal, junior Sarah Pasternak (0-4) made 14 saves, several in key moments, in 49 minutes of play and junior Christine McIntyre had four saves in 21 minutes.
 
Defensively, junior Haley O'Donnell had one defensive save, and sophomore Alexiss Goeller had one as well as she stopped a trickling ball from going over the goal line.
 
King's controlled the pace of play early on as they developed several opportunities, but the Mighty Macs took advantage of one of their first half chances.  Donegan played the ball to the top of the circle on a corner to Katona, who hit a hard shot toward the net.  Donegan hustled in front of the goalie, deflected a pass to Murphy who found the back of the net for a 1-0 lead in the 23^rd minute.
 
The score would hold there until the 30^th minute when the Monarchs would tie the game and that's where it would stay heading into the half.
 
In the second half, King's added goals in the 43^rd and 50^th minutes to extend their advantage to 3-1 with 20 minutes remaining.
 
The Macs had one last push as they converted another corner opportunity in the 59^th minute.  Donegan played it in to Katona, who fed it right back to Donegan for the goal to cut the deficit to 3-2, but the Macs were unable to get any closer in the one goal loss.
 
Immaculata will go back on the road to Stevenson on Wednesday night for a 7 p.m. game.