Nov. 2, 2008

Box Score

PRINCETON, N.J. - The No. 19 American University field hockey team could not hold on to a first half lead, and fell to No. 11 Princeton on Sunday in its regular season finale. Megan Henry scored a goal and assist in the contest for the Eagles, who will now begin preparation for the Patriot League Tournament. As the host and top-seed, American (10-7) will play the fourth seed, Colgate, on Friday at 11 a.m. at Jacobs Field.

Princeton (14-2) opened the scoring just over a minute into the game when Katie Kinzer gave a pass to Candice Arner, who beat American keeper Alyssa Poorman for the score. Despite the early goal, the Eagles settled into the game and were able to tally an equalizer at 26:22 when Henry fed a pass to Emily Stovicek, who was able to tip a shot over Tigers goalie Jennifer King.

The Eagles would claim the lead just minutes before the end of the first half on a Megan Henry goal. Irene Schickhardt was credited with the assist and American would take a 2-1 lead into the break, despite being outshot by a 7-4 margin.

Princeton had an offensive outpour in the second half, recording four unanswered goals to overcome the deficit and claim the victory. Kraftin Schreyer got things started at 38:08 off a penalty corner to even the score at 2-2. Christina Bortz got on the scoresheet at 58:13 to reclaim the Tigers lead and goals by Kathleen Sharkey and Kinzer sealed the 5-2 final.

"Princeton is a great team and performed very well today," said AU head coach Steve Jennings. "We had some strong moments in the first half, but ultimately did not put enough consistancy together to get the result. We now turn our attention to the Patriot League Tournament and a tough Colgate squad."

The Tigers held a 24-5 advantage in shots and a 12-2 margin in penalty corners. Poorman finished with 11 saves for American and King had two stops for Princeton.