Box Score The No. 10 American University field hockey team opened its 2011 season Sunday against No. 12 Old Dominion, falling 4-1 to the Monarchs in Charlottesville, Va.
"Old Dominion is a great team and played very well in all facets of the game," Head Coach Steve Jennings commented. "We were not able to sustain the level of play we would have liked for the entire game. This is a disappointing loss but we can learn a lot from the relentlessness ODU showed as we prepare for next week."
Jenn Bradley scored American's (0-1) lone goal in the 54th minute, beating Old Dominion (2-0) goalkeeper Deven Seifert to the right. Gina Hofmann led the Eagles with four shots in the contest while Bradley, Shelly Montgomery and Kati Rothenhoefer each tallied one.
ODU got on the board early and took a 2-0 lead 13 minutes into the game. The Monarchs pushed their lead to 3-0 in the 42nd minute before Emma Batten notched her second goal for a 4-0 lead in the 45th minute.
American and Old Dominion each earned three penalty corners with the Monarchs holding a 9-7 advantage in shots.
The Eagles will return to action Friday, September 2 as they host Penn at 5:00 p.m. American will then welcome No. 7 Princeton to Jacobs Field on Sunday, September 4 at 2:00 p.m. for the team's annual Phil Jacobs event. Both games will be broadcast live on Eagles Vision TV.
A record crowd of 1,013 attended last year's Phil Jacobs event where the Eagles defeated then No. 14 Duke, 3-1.
